Toni Jordan

Toni Lee Jordan
Born1966 (age 59–60)
Brisbane, Australia
OccupationWriter
Known forAddition, Tenderfoot

Toni Jordan (born 1966 in Sydney, Australia) is a Melbourne-based novelist best known for her debut novel Addition, an international bestseller long listed for the Miles Franklin Award. Addition was made into a feature film in 2024 starring Teressa Palmer and Joe Dempsie.

In 2022 and 2023, she released two novels about the Schnable family, Dinner with Schnables (2022), and Prettier if she Smiled More (2023), which was described as 'sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny'. In 2025 she released Tenderfoot, based on her own childhood experiences of greyhound racing and gambling.

She currently teaches at the Faber Academy.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

References

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  3. ↑ "Toni Jordan: How a novelist glams up for the publicity machine". Daily Review: Film, stage and music reviews, interviews and more. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  4. ↑ McWriteface, Writing (7 March 2019). "Writers on Writing / Plotting for success with Toni Jordan". Writing NSW. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Addition (2024)". IMDB. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Sullivan, Jane (1 April 2022). "Keep it quick and take a risk: Toni Jordan's recipe for her new novel". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Toni Jordan Q&A | Prettier If She Smiled More". dymocks.com.au. 29 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Toni Jordan's tale is sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and very funny". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  9. ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-12/toni-jordan-books-tenderfoot-interview/105754310
  10. ↑ "Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin – The Unpredictable Plotter – a masterclass on plot". faberwritingacademy.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Indie Book Awards". Indie Book Awards. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Voss Literary Prize 2017 shortlist announced | Books+Publishing".
  13. ↑ "Miles Franklin 2026 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 20 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
  14. ↑ Jordan, Toni (1999). Here Lives a Kind Woman: A Book. Printed at Nexus Press.
  15. ↑ Jordan, Toni (30 August 2021). Alles telt (in Dutch). Lindhardt og Ringhof. ISBN 978-87-26-82544-2.