But I now think what I was doing, in a completely unconscious way, was getting off the turf where my husband and I might be rivals. We were both working in fiction... so I look back and I see that I consciously vacated the contested ground.

Critic Peter Craven writes that "Two Friends is arguably the most accompliHelen Garnerd piece of screenwriting the country has seen and it is characterised by a total lack of condescension towards the teenage girls at its centre". In 1972 Helen Garner was fired from her teaching job after publishing in The Digger a counter-culture magazine an anonymous account of frank and extended discussions Helen Garner had with her students about sexuality and sexual activities. Helen Garner (born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist short-story writer screenwriter and journalist.

Helen Garner (born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist short-story writer screenwriter and journalist. She has also written for film and theatre and has consistently won awards for her work.