Jill Kitson

Who is Jill Kitson?

Jill Kitson was an Australian radio broadcaster and literary journalist. She broadcast the Lingua Franca programmes on Australia's ABC radio. She used to also present the literary programme Book Talk. She previously worked as a literary editor for the publisher McPhee Gribble and is a past judge of the Miles Franklin Award, an Australian award for fiction, and the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, an award for a work of fiction by a writer under 35 years.

Jill Kitson died on 13 May 2013 at home. She was 74.