Jill Adelaide Neville
Jill Adelaide Neville was an Australian novelist, playwright and poet.
Neville was born in Sydney, Australia, her younger brother was Richard Neville. She grew up in the Blue Mountains area, becoming involved in the Sydney bohemian scene at the age 17. She attended Osborne Ladies' College, and left Australia for London in 1951. Neville wrote her first novel, Fall-Girl in 1966 which was based on her relationships with the poets Peter Porter and Robert Lowell. The novel received acclaim from contemporary critics.
She was married three times: to Peter Duval-Smith in 1960, David Leitch in 1970 and Lewis Wolpert in 1993.
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995.Novels
