Thomas Keneally

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Born	October 7, 1935 (age 89) • Sydney • Australia
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1982)
Notable Works	“A Family Madness” • “Bettany’s Book” • “Bring Larks and Heroes” • “Crimes of the Father” • “Flying Hero Class” • “Gossip from the Forest” • “Homebush Boy” • “Jacko” • “Schindler’s Ark” • “Shame and the Captives” • “The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith” • “The Daughters of Mars” • “The Dickens Boy” • “The Great Shame” • “The Ink Stain” • “The Power Game” • “The Tyrant’s Novel” • “The Widow and Her Hero” • “To Asmara” • “Woman of the Inner Sea”

Peter Carey

Peter Carey

Australian author

Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel

British writer

J.G. Farrell

British writer

Jeannie Gunn

Australian author

James Clavell

James Clavell

British writer

Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence

Australian author

Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan

Australian author

Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville

Australian novelist

Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough

Australian author

Kylie Tennant

Australian author

Patrick White

Patrick White

Australian author

Colin Johnson

Australian author

Randolph Stow

Australian writer

Ethel Robertson

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian novelist

David Malouf

Australian author

Christina Stead

Australian author

Janette Turner Hospital

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Vance Palmer.

Vance Palmer

Australian author

Elizabeth Jolley

Australian author

Tim Winton

Australian author