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Toni Jordan

Best-selling author

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New Release

Prettier if She
Smiled More

One perfect life. One disastrous week.

As the eldest child in a single-parent family, Kylie's always had more important things on her mind than smiling for random strangers. Controlling her job, her home, her romantic life and - most importantly - her family takes all her concentration. She's always succeeded, though, because that's just who Kylie is.

When her fiercely independent mother breaks an ankle and needs help, it's up to Kylie, as usual, to fix things. She reluctantly packs her bags and moves in, but back in her childhood home, things start to unravel. Could it be that Kylie's carefully curated life is not so perfect after all?

Prettier if She Smiled More will make you laugh and make you cry. Is it too late to start over?

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Upcoming Events

  • Celebrate Mother's Day with a Trio of celebrated authors
    Celebrate Mother's Day with a Trio of celebrated authors
    Thu, 04 May
    Massaros Yarra Valley Winery
    04 May 2023, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
    Massaros Yarra Valley Winery, 360 Eltham-Yarra Glen Rd, Kangaroo Ground VIC 3097, Australia
    04 May 2023, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
    Massaros Yarra Valley Winery, 360 Eltham-Yarra Glen Rd, Kangaroo Ground VIC 3097, Australia
    In preparation for Mother's Day, Eltham bookshop is hosting a Trio of Talented Writers with brand new books at Massaros Yarra Valley winery.
  • Sorrento Writers' Festival: Romantic Novels in a #metoo World
    Sorrento Writers' Festival: Romantic Novels in a #metoo World
    Fri, 28 Apr
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel
    28 Apr 2023, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    28 Apr 2023, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    Jane Caro, Toni Jordan, Saman Shad and Clara Tutte with Fiona Gruber
  • Sorrento Writers' Festival: The Family Drama and Why We Love Them
    Sorrento Writers' Festival: The Family Drama and Why We Love Them
    Fri, 28 Apr
    The Grand Ballroom, Continental Hotel
    28 Apr 2023, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
    The Grand Ballroom, Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    28 Apr 2023, 8:30 am – 9:30 am
    The Grand Ballroom, Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    Andre Dao, Jacinta Halloran, Toni Jordan and Kylie Ladd with Samantha Lane (M)
  • Sorrento Writers' Festival -- Plotsters or Pantsers?
    Sorrento Writers' Festival -- Plotsters or Pantsers?
    Thu, 27 Apr
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel
    27 Apr 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    27 Apr 2023, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
    Grand Ballroom, The Continental Hotel, 1/21 Ocean Beach Rd, Sorrento VIC 3943, Australia
    How Novel Writers Plan Their Stories or Fly By The Seat of Their Pants With Toni Jordan, Simon Rowell, Jock Serong with Hannie Rayson (M)
  • Books at the Brewery - Toni Jordan
    Books at the Brewery - Toni Jordan
    Tue, 18 Apr
    Castlemaine
    18 Apr 2023, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Castlemaine, 9 Walker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450, Australia
    18 Apr 2023, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
    Castlemaine, 9 Walker St, Castlemaine VIC 3450, Australia
  • QUEENSCLIFF
    QUEENSCLIFF
    Sat, 15 Apr
    Queenscliff Library
    15 Apr 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    Queenscliff Library, 53 Hesse St, Queenscliff VIC 3225, Australia
    15 Apr 2023, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    Queenscliff Library, 53 Hesse St, Queenscliff VIC 3225, Australia
    Drinks & Nibbles with Toni Jordan
  • Prettier if she Smiled More -- book launch
    Prettier if she Smiled More -- book launch
    Tue, 04 Apr
    Readings Carlton
    04 Apr 2023, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    Readings Carlton, 309 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
    04 Apr 2023, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    Readings Carlton, 309 Lygon St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
    One perfect life. One disastrous week.
  • CANBERRA
    CANBERRA
    Sun, 02 Apr
    Muse -- Food, Wine, Books
    02 Apr 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    Muse -- Food, Wine, Books, 69 Canberra Ave, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia
    02 Apr 2023, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    Muse -- Food, Wine, Books, 69 Canberra Ave, Griffith ACT 2603, Australia
  • BERRY
    BERRY
    Thu, 30 Mar
    Berry
    30 Mar 2023, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Berry, Shop 3/66 Albert St, Berry NSW 2535, Australia
    30 Mar 2023, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    Berry, Shop 3/66 Albert St, Berry NSW 2535, Australia
    BOOK LAUNCH & IN CONVERSATION Wax Lyrical Bookstore is thrilled for Toni Jordan and Dianne Yarwood to come in and talk about their new releases with Tori Haschka on Thursday 30th March @ 530PM.
  • MONA VALE
    MONA VALE
    Wed, 29 Mar
    Mona Vale
    29 Mar 2023, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    Mona Vale, 12-14 Park St, Mona Vale NSW 2013, Australia
    29 Mar 2023, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
    Mona Vale, 12-14 Park St, Mona Vale NSW 2013, Australia
    Toni Jordan & Dianne Yarwood in Conversation with Joanna Nell

'Taps into the humour and pathos of ordinary life in a way that has you nodding with recognition . . . while at the same time laughing out loud'

Pip Williams

Praise & Reviews

'I just loved this very smart, very funny and at times moving novel'

Sophie Cunningham

'A contemporary comic masterpiece. Practically every page boasts lines redolent of humour, wit and sarcasm that will make you snigger if not laugh out loud'

ArtsHub

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About Toni 

Toni Jordan has worked as a molecular biologist, quality control chemist, TAB operator and door-to-door aluminium siding salesperson, and is the author of seven novels. Her debut, the international best-seller Addition, was longlisted for the Miles Franklin award, was a Richard and Judy bookclub pick and won the Indie Award for best first book. Fall Girl was published internationally and Nine Days was awarded Best Fiction at the 2012 Indie Awards and was named in Kirkus Review’s top 10 Historical Novels of 2013. Our Tiny, Useless Hearts was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and for the Voss Literary Award. Toni has been published widely in newspapers and magazines. She holds a bachelor of science in physiology and a PhD in creative arts. Her most recent novel is the family comedy Prettier if she Smiled More (2023). Toni lives in Melbourne.

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For press and publicity, please contact Emily Lighezzolo at Hachette Australia:

emily.lighezzolo@hachette.com.au

For speaking and event enquiries, please contact Booked Out: bookings@bookedout.com.au

Toni is represented by Jane Novak Literary Agency

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