George Isaacs (author)

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George Isaacs (1825 – 1876) was an Australian author. Born in England to a Jewish family, he moved to Adelaide, South Australia with his wife and child in 1851.Black, Anne. (2013) "A Colonial Wordsmith: George Isaacs in Adelaide, 1860-1870", in Butterss, Philip, Adelaide: A Literary City, University of Adelaide Press. pp 39-56. Often writing under the pseudonym "A Pendragon", Isaacs' 1856 novel, The Queen of the South became the first novel to be published in South Australia, and his play Burlesque of Frankenstein is recognised as the first Australian work of science fiction.Black, Anne (7 July 2020) "[https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/blog/2020/07/behind-book-anne-black-george-isaacs/ Behind the Book: Anne Black on George Isaacs]", Wakefield Press. Retrieved 2 September 2020

While in South Australia he founded The Critic, and contributed to other publications such as The Bunyip and The Observer."[https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A16948 George Isaacs]", AusLit. Retrieved 2 September 2020