[1] Anne Henderson is the author of Getting Even: Women MPs on Life, Power and Politics ,[2] From All Corners: Six Migrant Stories,[1] Educating Johannah: A Year in Year 12,[3] and Mary MacKillop's Sisters: A Life Unveiled.
[1] She also authored Angel in the Court: The Life of Major Joyce Harmer, a biography of Joyce Harmer, Salvation Army major, social worker, court chaplain and advocate;[2] and The Killing of Sister McCormack, a biographical work which covers the execution of Sister Irene McCormack.
[1] Among Henderson's essays of note are "Dad's Wake" in Fathers: In Writing (Tuart Press, 1997) and the biographical chapter on Prime Minister Joseph Lyons for Australian Prime Ministers, edited by Michelle Grattan (New Holland 2000) and the UK's New Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press).
In 2014 Henderson published Menzies at War (NewSouth Press), which was shortlisted in the Prime Minister's Literary Award for History in 2015.
[5] At the 2015 Australia Day Honours, Henderson was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to literature in the field of political history, and to the community by fostering public debate and discussion.