About the Author

Roslynn D. Haynes

During the process of writing about the Australian desert and Tasmania I have become increasingly aware of the many components of place – the physical scenery that is, itself, a product of geology and climate; the cultural factors that permit us to notice and respond to particular kinds of landscapes – fiction, poetry, biography, painting, photography, films, music; and the environmental concerns and responsibilities that come with this awareness.

Exploring these interdisciplinary facets of place and their complex interactions has been an absorbing journey, during which I have been fortunate to talk with many writers and artists about their work. I enjoy sharing these experiences in illustrated lectures and/or more informal pictorial presentations at conferences, in workshops and with environmental interest groups.

If you want to contact me you can do so via my email: R.Haynes@unsw.edu.au

Roslynn Haynes is Adjunct-Associate Professor of English at the University of New South Wales and an Honorary Fellow in the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania
Her previous books include:

Seeking the Centre: The Australian Desert in Literature, Art and Film
(Cambridge University Press, 1998)

Explorers of the Southern Sky: A History of Australian Astronomy
(Cambridge University Press, 1996) (co-authored with Raymond Haynes, David Malin and Richard McGee)

From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994)