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”

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Peter Carey

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Hilary Mantel

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Jeannie Gunn

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James Clavell

James Clavell

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Catherine Helen Spence

Catherine Helen Spence

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Richard Flanagan

Richard Flanagan

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Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville

Australian novelist

Colleen McCullough

Colleen McCullough

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Kylie Tennant

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Patrick White

Patrick White

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Colin Johnson

Australian author

Randolph Stow

Australian writer

Ethel Robertson

Henry Handel Richardson

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David Malouf

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Christina Stead

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Janette Turner Hospital

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Vance Palmer.

Vance Palmer

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Elizabeth Jolley

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Tim Winton

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