What is Shirley Hazzard?
{{Infobox writer | name = Shirley Hazzard | image = Shirley hazzard australian writer mercantile library for fiction benefit awards dinner october 29 2007 photo by christopher peterson.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Hazzard in 2007 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|1|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|12|12|1931|1|30|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York]], [[United States]] | resting_place = | occupation = | language = | nationality = Australian | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''[[The Great Fire (novel)|The Great Fire]]''<br>''[[The Bay of Noon]]'' | spouse = [[Francis Steegmuller]] | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[O. Henry Award]]<br>[[National Book Award]]<br>[[Miles Franklin Award]]<br>[[William Dean Howells Medal]]<br>[[National Book Critics Circle Award]] | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} '''Shirley Hazzard''' (30 January 1931 &ndash; 12 December 2016) was an Australian-born American author of fiction and non-fiction. She was born in Australia, but held citizenship of the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1394514.htm | title=Shirley Hazzard with Sally Loane | work=702 ABC Sydney | access-date=2006-12-15}}</ref> Her 1970 novel, ''[[The Bay of Noon]]'', was shortlisted for the [[Lost Man Booker Prize]] in 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=Hoyle, Ben|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article7076649.ece|title=Author waits to hear if she has won 'lost Booker' prize 40 years on|date=26 March 2010|access-date=7 April 2010|publisher=[[The Times]]|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615071128/http://entert