Alexandra Joel
{{Use British English|date = October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Alexandra Joel
| embed =
| honorific_prefix =
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image =
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption =
| pseudonym =
| birth_name = Susan Lea Joel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| occupation = Author
| language =
| nationality = Australian
| citizenship =
| education = Abbotsleigh, University of Sydney, Australian College of Applied Psychology
| alma_mater =
| home_town =
| period =
| genre = Non-Fiction, Fiction
| subject =
| movement =
| notableworks =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| parents = Asher Joel
Sybil Jacobs
| relatives =
| awards =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| years_active = 1984–present
| module =
| website = {{URL|https://www.alexandrajoel.com}}
| portaldisp =
}}
Alexandra Joel (born Susan Lea Joel in 1953) is an internationally published Australian author and the former editor of Harper's Bazaar and Portfolio.{{cite web |title=Three-book deal with former Harper's Bazaar editor |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2019/02/19/123878/harper-acquires-stella-longlisted-memoir-three-book-deal-with-former-harpers-bazaar-editor/ |website=Books + Publishing}} Also she is a psychotherapist.
Early life and education
Joel was born at St Margaret's Hospital, Darlinghurst on 11 December 1953 and was formerly known as Susan Lea Joel.{{Cite news|last=Joel|first=Alexandra|date=1953-08-05|title=LIFE OF SYDNEY|pages=15|work=Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248887638|access-date=2020-06-25}} She is the daughter of The Hon Sir Asher Alexander Joel KBE, AO. Alexandra attended Abbotsleigh School for Girls from 1962 to 1971 and completed her Arts degree with Honours in Government at the University of Sydney in 1976.{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47809648/4393236|title=Vivacious Tycoon who Works Hard to Stay at the Top|website=Trove National Library of Australia|ref=1}}
In 2002 she was awarded a graduate diploma from the Australian College of Applied Psychology, subsequently establishing a counselling and psychotherapy practice.
Career
Alexandra Joel spent six months as an international intern on the staff of Congressman James H. Scheuer (D) in Washington, D.C., returning to Australia to work as a reporter and newsreader on a regional television station in Queensland.
In 1978 she became the executive director of ITQ8. At the time she was the only female board member of an Australian television station.
She was also a director of Mason Stewart Publishing{{cite web |title=Literary Luncheon 'Rosetta' |url=https://www.rsys.com.au/sailing-calendar/event/2-literary-luncheon-rosetta |website=Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron}} (prior to its acquisition by British company Emap in 1997) and a director of the Asher Joel Media Group.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/miss-alexandra-joel-from-asher-joel-media-group-news-photo/1079212506|title=Miss Alexandra Joel from Asher Joel Media Group photographed at the Company Board room.|website=Getty Images|archive-url=|archive-date=}}
From 1979 to 1998 she contributed feature articles, interviews and reviews for major national and metropolitan publications including The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend Magazine, Cleo and Harper's Bazaar.
She was appointed editor of Harper's Bazaar in 1988. In 1991 she became the editor of Portfolio, Australia's first magazine for working women.
Her appointments have included:
- President of the Royal Hospital for Women Foundation
- Trustee of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
- Board member, Commonwealth Government's Artbank
Bibliography
- 1984: Best Dressed: 200 Years of Fashion in Australia {{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22268650|title=Best dressed : 200 years of fashion in Australia / Alexandra Joel|website=Trove National Library of Australia|ref=2}}
- 1998: Parade: The Story of Fashion in Australia {{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9206376?q&versionId=44578359|title=Parade : the story of fashion in Australia / Alexandra Joel|website=Trove National Library of Australia}}
- 2017: Rosetta: A Scandalous True Story{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/rosetta-9780143780465|title=Rosetta by Alexandra Joel|website=www.penguin.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-10-20}}
- 2020: The Paris Model{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460758144/the-paris-model|title=The Paris Model|website=HarperCollins Australia|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-10-20}}
- 2021: The Royal Correspondent{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel|url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460758168/the-royal-correspondent/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=HarperCollins Australia}}
- 2022: The Artist's Secret{{Cite web |title=The Artist's Secret by Alexandra Joel |url=https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9781460758182/the-artists-secret/ |website=HarperCollins Australia}}
Her book, Rosetta: A Scandalous True Story, was a biography of her unknown great-grandmother who ran away with a Chinese fortune teller named Zeno the Magnificent.{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/how-my-great-grandmother-was-seduced-by-a-fortune-teller/7402386|title=How my great-grandmother was seduced by a fortune teller|website=ABC Radio National}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-book-tells-my-great-grandmother-who-ran-off-with-a-fortune-teller-20160323-gnpebq.html|title=New book tells: my great-grandmother who ran off with a fortune teller|website=The Age}} It has been optioned for a mini-series by Matchbox Pictures, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal.
Rosetta: A Scandalous True Story was described by the Sydney Morning Herald as a 'thrilling study of reinvention'.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rosetta-review-alexandra-joels-thrilling-study-of-reinvention-in-australia-20160701-gpw58z.html|title=Rosetta review: Alexandra Joel's thrilling study of reinvention in Australia|website=Sydney Morning Herald}} The Australian called Joel herself 'a mesmerising storyteller'.
Her previous two books, Best Dressed: 200 Years of Fashion in Australia and Parade: The Story of Fashion in Australia both detailed the development of fashion, style and national identity.
The Paris Model, was published by HarperCollins Australia on 20 January 2020 and subsequently in the United States{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-paris-model-alexandra-joel?variant=32116677804066|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=HarperCollins America}} and Canada.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Paris Model by Alexandra Joel|url=https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063031968/the-paris-model/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=HarperCollins Canada}} It has also been published in Germany,{{Cite web |title=The Paris Model: A Novel (English Edition) |url=https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Alexandra-Joel-ebook/dp/B083SN921G/ |website=Amazon.de}} Romania{{Cite web |title=Modelul din Paris by Alexandra Joel |url=https://nemira.ro/modelul-din-paris-alexandra-joel |website=Nemira Publishing House}} and Hungary.{{Cite web |title=A párizsi modell by Alexandra Joel |url=http://www.tericum.hu/?product=a-parizsi-modell |website=Tericum Publishing}}
The Royal Correspondent, was published by HarperCollins Australia on 3 February 2021, in September 2021 in the United States{{Cite web |title=The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-royal-correspondent-alexandra-joel?variant=33063787593762 |website=HarperCollins America}} and Canada{{Cite web |title=The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel |url=https://www.harpercollins.ca/9780063143043/the-royal-correspondent/ |website=HarperCollins Canada}} and is to be published in the UK{{Cite web |title=The Royal Correspondent by Alexandra Joel |url=https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-royal-correspondent-alexandra-joel?variant=40172826296398 |website=HarperCollins UK}} on 25 May 2023.
Alexandra's latest novel The Artist's Secret, was published by HarperCollins Australia on 4 January 2023 and will be published in the United States and Canada on a date to be announced.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://youtube.com/c/TheRoyalCorrespondent The Royal Correspondent]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joel, Alexandra}}
Category:21st-century Australian women writers
Category:University of Sydney alumni
Category:21st-century Australian non-fiction writers