Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder is a 1994 American historical true crime book by John Gilmore. The book details the life and death of Elizabeth Short, also known as "The Black Dahlia," an infamous murder victim whose mutilated body was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles in 1947, and whose murder has remained unsolved for decades. According to Gilmore, he was inspired to write the book after having met Elizabeth Short when he was eleven years old. Published in 1994, it was the first and one of
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Jolley Short Story Prize, in 2011'. The Prize accepts submissions from authors worldwide, however stories must be by a single author and written in English. Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize The Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is an annual short fiction competition run by the "Australian Book Review". The Prize, with total prize money of AU$12,500 and 'generating over a thousand new stories each year', is 'hotly contested' and considered 'one of Australia’s most lucrative prizes for an original short story' on the Australian literary calendar. The Prize was originally known as the "ABR" Short Story Competition when it was