List of Australian novelists
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This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there.
[edit] A
- Ethel Anderson (1883-1958) At Parramatta, 1956
- Jessica Anderson (born 1916) Miles Franklin Literary Award winner 1978 (Tirra Lirra by the River), 1980 (The Impersonators)
- Sarah Armstrong (born 1968) Miles Franklin Literary Award nominee 2005 (Salt Rain)
- Wayne Ashton (born 1959) Under a Tin Grey Sari[1]
- Thea Astley (1925 - 2004) Miles Franklin Literary Award winner 1999 (Drylands), 1972 (The Acolyte), 1965 (The Slow Natives), 1962 (The Well Dressed Explorer)
- Bunty Avieson (born 1962) Apartment 255 (2002), The Wrong Door(2004)
[edit] B
- Murray Bail (born 1941) Miles Franklin Literary Award winner 1999 (Eucalyptus)
- Max Barry (born 1973) Syrup (1999), Jennifer Government (2003), Company (2006)
- Barbara Baynton (1862–1929) Human Toll (1907)
- Carmel Bird (born 1940) Bluebird Cafe (1990), The White Garden (1995)
- John Birmingham (born 1964) Axis of Time trilogy (publication commenced 2004), He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (Australian comedy, 1994)
- Capel Boake (1889-1944) Painted Clay[2]
- Merlinda Bobis (born 1959) Filipino expatriate. Banana Heart Summer (Murdoch Books, 2005); also poet
- Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826-1915) Robbery Under Arms
- Martin Boyd (1893-1972) Brangane: A Memoir (by Martin Mills, pseudonym) (1926); the “Langton” novels: The Cardboard Crown (1952); A Difficult Young Man (1955); Outbreak of Love (1957); When Blackbirds Sing (1962)
- Russell Braddon (1921-1995) The Naked Island[3]
- James Bradley (born 1967) Wrack (1997); The Deep Field (1999);The Resurrectionist (2006)
- Lily Brett (born 1946) Just Like That
- Paul Brickhill (1916–1991) WWII RAAF fighter pilot, The Great Escape (book) (New York: Norton, 1950)
- Damien Broderick (born 1944) Scinece fiction The Judas Mandala
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955) Pulitzer Prize for fiction, 2006:[4] March (2005); Year of Wonders (2001), also Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
[edit] C
- Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
- Marion May Campbell (born 1948)
- Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935)
- Gabrielle Carey Puberty Blues
- Peter Carey (born 1943)
- Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)
- Steven Carroll (born 1949)
- Brian Castro (bron 1950)
- Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
- Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) For the Term of his Natural Life
- James Clavell (1924-1994) Shogun also screenwriter, director (the original The Fly).
- Jon Cleary (born 1917)
- Charmian Clift (1923–1969)
- Bernard Cohen (born 1963)
- Kenneth Cook (1929-1987) Wake in Fright
- Bryce Courtenay (born 1933) The Power of One
- Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897)
- Dymphna Cusack (1902-1981)
[edit] D
- Eleanor Dark (1901–1985)[5]
- Helen Darville (Helen Demidenko) (born 1972)
- Liam Davison (born 1957)
- Carlton Dawe (1865–1935)
- Joel Deane (born 1969)
- Kathryn Deans
- Robert Dessaix (born 1944)
- Jean Devanny (1894 - 1962)[6]
- András Domahidy (born 1920) Writes in Hungarian
- Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901-1968) Men Without Wives[7]
- Robert Drewe
[edit] E
- Nick Earls (born 1963)
- Arabella Edge The Company: The Story of a Murderer.
- Greg Egan (born 1961) Science fiction.
- M. Barnard Eldershaw[8]
- Sumner Locke Elliott (1917-1991)
- Matilda Jane Evans (1827 - 1886)
[edit] F
- Michel Faber (born 1960) The Crimson Petal and the White.
- Beverley Farmer (born 1941) The House in the Light.
- Richard Flanagan (born 1961) Gould's Book of Fish.
- Tom Flood (born 1955) Oceania Fine
- David Foster (born 1944) The Glade Within the Grove
- Mabel Forrest (1872-1935)
- Miles Franklin (1879-1954) My Brilliant Career. Her estate led to creation of the Miles Franklin Literary Awards.
- Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)
- Joseph Furphy (1843-1912) Such is Life.
[edit] G
- Helen Garner (born 1942) Monkey Grip Also journalist (Cast the First Stone etc.)
- Mary Gaunt (1861–1942)
- Nikki Gemmell (born 1967) The Bride Stripped Bare
- Alan Gold (born 1945) Historical novels.
- Andrea Goldsmith (born 1950)
- Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
- Alan Gould (born 1949) To the Burning City Also poet.
- Posie Graeme-Evans
- Kate Grenville (born 1950)
- Kerry Greenwood Crime fiction[9]
- Dick Gross (born 1954)
- Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870-1961)
[edit] H
- Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860-1936)
- Rodney Hall (born 1935) The Day We Had Hitler Home.
- Marion Halligan (born 1940)
- Derek Hansen (born 1944)
- Traci Harding Fantasy.
- Frank Hardy (1917-1994) Power Without Glory.
- Elizabeth Harrower (born 1928) The Long Prospect.
- Sonya Hartnett (born 1968)
- John Harwood (born 1946)
- Nicholas Hasluck (born 1944)
- Shirley Hazzard (born 1931)
- Ruth Hegarty (born 1929) Is That You Ruthie?..
- John David Hennessey (1847–1935)
- Mark Henshaw (born 1951) [10]
- Xavier Herbert (1901-1984) Poor Fellow My Country.
- Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) Also poet & playwright.
- Kathryn Heyman (born 1965)
- Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942)
- Fergus Hume (1859-1932)
- Maria Hyland (born 1968) Carry Me Down .
[edit] I
- Ion Idriess (1889-1979)[11]
- David Ireland (born 1927)
- Ian Irvine (born 1950)
[edit] J
- Winifred Lewellin James (1876-1941)
- Charlotte Jay (Geraldine Halls) (1919-1996) Crime fiction, Beat Not the Bones.
- Kate Jennings (born 1948) Moral Hazard.
- Paul Jennings. (born 1943)
- Dorothy Johnston (born 1948)
- George Johnston (1912-1970) My Brother Jack.
- Martin Johnston (1947-1990) Mainly poet.
- Elizabeth Jolley (1923-2007) The Well.
- Gail Jones (born 1955)
- Rae Desmond Jones (born 1941)
[edit] K
- Thomas Keneally (born 1935) Schindler's Ark (1985), filmed as Schindler's List.
- Robin Klein (born 1936)
- Christopher Koch (born 1932)
[edit] L
- Eric Lambert (1918—1966)
- John Lang (1817–1864)
- Eve Langley
- Simone Lazaroo[12]
- Kathy Lette (born 1958)
- Joan Lindsay
- Amanda Lohrey (born 1947)
- Melissa Lucashenko[13]
- Morris Lurie (born 1938)
[edit] M
- Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (born 1847–1937)
- Mardi McConnochie (born 1947)
- Colleen McCullough (born 1937) The Thorn Birds
- Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947)
- Roger McDonald (born 1941)
- Andrew McGahan (born 1966) Praise
- Emily Maguire (born 1976)
- Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie (1913-1955)
- Ronald McKie (1909-1991)
- David Malouf (born 1934) The Great World
- Leonard Mann (1895-1981)[14]
- Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
- Kathleen Mannington Caffyn (Circa 1855–1926)
- Melina Marchetta (born 1965) Looking For Alibrandi
- John Marsden (born 1950) Best known for the Tomorrow series.
- William Leonard Marshall (born 1944) Detective fiction. Yellowthread Street
- Olga Masters (1919-1986)
- Peter Mathers (1931-2004)
- Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
- Alex Miller (born 1936)
- Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946)[15]
- James Moloney (born 1954)
- Frank Moorhouse (born 1938) Historical novelist, Dark Palace.
- Sally Morgan (born 1951) My Place
- Jaclyn Moriarty Young adult fiction.
- Mudrooroo (formerly Colin Johnson) (born ) Wild Cat Falling[16]
- Gerald Murnane (born 1939)
- Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962) Judgement Rock[17]
[edit] N
- Alice Nannup
- Simpson Newland (1835–1925)
- Nerida Newton (born 1972) The Lambing Flat
- John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923)
- Judy Nunn
[edit] O
- Elizabeth O'Conner (born 1913)
- John O'Grady
- Ouyang Yu (born 1955) Expatriate Chinese, also poet and editor.
[edit] P
- Margaret Packham Hargrave (born 1941) A Woman of Air
- Vance and Nettie Palmer Also dramatists and critics.
- Ruth Park (born 1922) The Harp in the South
- Elliot Perlman (born 1964)
- Nancy Phelan (born 1913)
- D.B.C. Pierre (born 1961) 2003 Booker Prize winner.
- Doris Pilkington Garimara (born 1937) Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
- Dorothy Porter (born 1954) Verse novels, The Monkey's Mask
- Hal Porter (1911—1984) The Tilted Cross, Better know for memoir The Watcher on the Cast Iron Balcony
- Rosa Campbell Praed (1851-1935)
- Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969) The Goldfields Trilogy, The Roaring Nineties (1946) etc.
[edit] Q
[edit] R
[edit] S
- Philip Salom (born 1950)
- Henry Savery (1791–1842) Australia's first novelist.
- Conrad Sayce (1888–1935)
- John A. Scott (born 1948)
- Kim Scott (born 1957) Benang.
- Rosie Scott (born 1948)
- Nevil Shute (1899-1960)
- Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940)
- Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910)
- Kimberley Starr (born 1970)
- Christina Stead (1902-1983) The Man Who Loved Children
- Dal Stivens (1911–1997)
- Randolph Stow (born 1935)
[edit] T
- Peter Temple
- Kylie Tennant
- Colin Thiele (1920–2006)
- Carrie Tiffany
- Christos Tsiolkas
- Ethel Turner (1872–1958)
- Janette Turner Hospital
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Lin Van Hek
- Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1869)
[edit] W
- Brenda Walker (born 1957)
- Clinton Walker
- Judah Waten (1912-1985)
- Sam Watson
- Archie Weller
- Herb Wharton
- Michael White
- Patrick White (1912-1990) Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature (1973) for The Eye of the Storm; innaugural winner, Miles Franklin Award 1957 - Voss.
- Eric Willmot (born 1936)
- Tim Winton (born 1960 Cloudstreet
- Amy Witting (1918-2001)
- Sue Woolfe
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)
[edit] Z
- Markus Zusak (born 1975)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Wayne Ashton. Brisbane Writers Festival.
- ^ Capel Boake: The Changing Idea of Feminism. OzLit@VicNet.
- ^ Papers of Russell Braddon (1921-1995). National Library of Australia.
- ^ The Pulitzer Prizes — 2006 Winners. The Pulitzer Board. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
- ^ Papers of Eleanor Dark (1901 - 1985). National Library of Australia.
- ^ Devanny, Jean 1894 - 1962. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
- ^ Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York (1901 - 1968). Australian Women's Archives Project.
- ^ Australian feminist manuscripts. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ On the couch with Kerry Greenwood. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Out of the Line of Fire. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Idriess, Ion Llewellyn (1889 - 1979). Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ LAZAROO, Simone. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Melissa Lucashenko. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Boyer Lectures, 4: Up Over. Retrieved on March 29, 2007. “Leonard Mann, wounded at Passchendaele in 1917, published a novel about the war in 1932. In Flesh in Armour he describes some infantrymen who squat on the railings in Trafalgar Square and survey the city.”
- ^ MODJESKA, Drusilla. Retrieved on March 29, 2007.
- ^ Mudrooroo (a.k.a. Mudrooroo, Colin Johnson; Nyoongah, Colin Johnson; Johnson, Colin; Narogin, Mudrooroo; Nyoongah, Mudrooroo ). Retrieved on March 29, 2007.
- ^ Joanna Murray-Smith. Retrieved on March 29, 2007.
