Edward Sorenson

Edward Sylvester Sorenson (24 September 1869 − 19 December 1939), was an Australian writer and poet.

Sorenson was born on 24 September 1869 at Dyraaba, New South Wales, north-west of Casino, a son of Jacob Sorenson and his wife, Mary Ann, née Keleher. As a young man he wandered throughout Queensland, prospecting for gold and working on sheep stations.

On 31 December 1910, he married Alice Newlyn, née Gibbs, a widow, at the Congregational Church, Waterloo, Sydney.

Sorenson's wife, Alice, died on 14 April 1939 at Marrickville, aged 68 years. In an obituary, a friend, Alexander Vennard, wrote that "Mrs. Sorenson was a daughter of the bush who had worked on big pastoral runs before she met the man from the droving tracks who became her husband, and later one of the most prolific writers in the history of Australian literature. I always did think, despite her many years residence in a Sydney suburb, that Mrs. Sorenson would have preferred to be back again in the country where her early days were spent...She always found time to exchange a few words with a writer from North Queensland, and make him feel at home."