Bryce Courtenay
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Bryce Courtenay (born 14 August 1933) is an Australian novelist born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He spent most of his early years in a small village in the Lebombo Mountains in South Africa's Limpopo province.
While studying journalism in London, Bryce met his future wife and eventually emigrated to Australia. They married in 1958 and had three sons, Brett, Adam and Damon. Damon had haemophilia and died at age 24 from AIDS, contracted through a blood transfusion.
His novels are primarily set in either Australia, his adopted country, or South Africa, the country of his birth. His first book, The Power of One, was published in 1989 and, despite Courtenay's fears that it would never sell, quickly became one of Australia's best selling books by any living author. The story has since been made into a film - as well as being re-released in a version fit for children to read.
Today, Bryce Courtenay lives on a rural property on the Central Coast, just north of Sydney, Australia.
[edit] Bibliography
- The Power of One (1989)
- Tandia (1992)
- April Fool's Day (1993)
- Recipe for Dreaming (1994)
- The Power of One to One (1995)
- The Potato Factory (1995)
- Tommo & Hawk (1997)
- The Family Frying Pan (1997)
- The Stranger Inside: An Erotic Adventure (1997)
- Yowie Series (1997)
- Jessica (1998)
- The Night Country (1998)
- The Power of One Young Reader's Edition (1999)
- Solomon's Song (1999)
- Four Fires (2001)
- Smoky Joe's Cafe (2001)
- Matthew Flinders' Cat (2002)
- Brother Fish (2004)
- Whitethorn (2005)
- Sylvia (2006)
[edit] External sources
- Find Bryce Courtenay in Libraries Australia - click on the name 'Heading' to find related works in 800+ Australian library collections
- Official Bryce Courtenay Website
- Bryce on Jim Ball's radio program
