List of Australian novelists
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This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there.
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[edit] A
- Azhar Abidi (born 1968) Passarola Rising
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007) Miles Franklin Award winner (1987) Dancing on Coral
- Maggie Alderson
- James Aldridge (born 1918)
- 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)
- Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994)
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872)
- Bunty Avieson (born 1962) Apartment 255 (2002), The Wrong Door(2004)
[edit] B
- Murray Bail (born 1941) Miles Franklin Literary Award winner 1999 (Eucalyptus)
- Allan Baillie
- Faith Bandler (born 1918)
- Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)
- John Arthur Barry (1850–1911)
- Max Barry (born 1973) Syrup (1999), Jennifer Government (2003), Company (2006)
- Anne Bartlett (born 1951) Knitting
- Catherine Bateson (born 1960)
- Barbara Baynton (1862–1929) Human Toll (1907)
- George Lewis Becke (1855–1913)
- Randolph Bedford (1868–1941)
- Larissa Behrendt (born 1969)
- Barbara Biggs (born 1956)
- 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)
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969)
- Georgia Blain (born 1964)[2]
- Capel Boake (1889–1944) Painted Clay[3]
- Merlinda Bobis (born 1959) Filipino expatriate. Banana Heart Summer (Murdoch Books, 2005); also poet
- Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826-1915) Robbery Under Arms
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905)
- 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[4]
- 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:[5] March (2005); Year of Wonders (2001), also Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
- Carter Brown (1923–1985) Crime fiction
- Janine Burke (born 1952)
[edit] C
- Kathleen Caffyn (c. 1855–1926)
- Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
- Marion May Campbell (born 1948)
- Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935)
- Trudi Canavan (born 1969)
- Rosa Cappiello (born 1942)[6]
- Gabrielle Carey (born 1959) Puberty Blues
- Peter Carey (born 1943) Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda, twice Booker Prize Winner and three time Miles Franklin Award winner
- Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)
- Steven Carroll (born 1949)
- Jay Caselberg Science fiction
- Gavin Casey (1907–1964)[7]
- Belinda Castles (born 1971) The River Baptists 2006 Australian/Vogel Literary Award winner
- Brian Castro (born 1950)
- Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
- Nick Cave (born 1957)
- Arlene J. Chai (born 1955)
- Joy Chambers
- Nan Chauncy (1900–1970)
- 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)
- Inga Clendinnen (born 1934) Reading the Holocaust (1999); Dancing with Strangers(2004);
- Charmian Clift (1923–1969)
- Jane Clifton (born 1961)
- J. M. Coetzee (born 1940) South African born writer who emigrated to Australia in 2002, and became an Australian citizen in 2006[8]
- Bernard Cohen (born 1963) The Blindman's Hat 1996 Australian/Vogel Literary Award winner
- Tom Collins Such is Life see Joseph Furphy below.
- Kenneth Cook (1929–1987) Wake in Fright
- Peter Corris (born 1942) Crime fiction[9]
- Bryce Courtenay (born 1933) The Power of One
- Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897)
- Zora Cross (1890-1964)
- Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981)
[edit] D
- John Bede Dalley (1878–1935)
- Eleanor Dark (1901–1985) Prelude to Christopher
- Helen Darville (Helen Demidenko) (born 1972)
- Luke Davies (born 1962)
- Frank Dalby Davison (1893-1970)
- Liam Davison (born 1957)
- Carlton Dawe (1865–1935)
- Dulcie Deamer (1890-1972)
- Joel Deane (born 1969)
- Kathryn Deans
- Ralph De Boissière (born 1907)
- Michelle de Kretser The Hamilton Case
- Meaghan Delahunt (born 1961)
- Kit Denton (1928-1997) The Breaker
- Robert Dessaix (born 1944)
- James Devaney (1890-1976)
- Jean Devanny (1894 - 1962)[10]
- András Domahidy (born 1920) Writes in Hungarian
- Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901-1968) Men Without Wives[11]
- Sarah Dowse[12]
- Robert Drewe (born 1943)
- Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961)
- Alasdair Duncan (born 1982)
- Mary Durack (1913-1994) Kings in Grass Castles
[edit] E
- Nick Earls (born 1963)
- Arabella Edge The Company: The Story of a Murderer
- Greg Egan (born 1961) Science fiction
- Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956)
- M. Barnard Eldershaw
- Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991) Careful, He Might Hear You
- Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886)
[edit] F
- Michel Faber (born 1960) The Crimson Petal and the White
- Delia Falconer (born 1966)
- Jennifer Fallon Fantasy
- Beverley Farmer (born 1941) The House in the Light
- Penny Flanagan (born 1970)
- Richard Flanagan (born 1961) Gould's Book of Fish
- Tom Flood (born 1955) Oceana 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 Award
- Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)
- Joseph Furphy (1843–1912) Such is Life. Nom de plume 'Tom Collins'
[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
- Ruby Langford Ginibi (born 1934)
- Alan Gold (born 1945) Historical novels
- Andrea Goldsmith (born 1950)
- Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
- Alan Gould (born 1949) To the Burning City Also poet
- Nathaniel Gould (1857–1919)
- Posie Graeme-Evans
- Richard Harry Graves (1898–1971)
- Evan Green (1930–1996)
- Kerry Greenwood Crime fiction[13]
- Kate Grenville (born 1950)
- Dick Gross (born 1954)
- Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961) We of the Never-Never
[edit] H
- Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860–1936)
- Rodney Hall (born 1935) The Day We Had Hitler Home
- Marion Halligan (born 1940)
- Rosalie Ham; The Dressmaker (2000); Summer at Mt Hope (2005)
- Derek Hansen (born 1944)
- Lee Harding (born 1937) Science fiction
- Traci Harding Fantasy.
- Frank Hardy (1917–1994) Power Without Glory
- Alexander Harris (1805–1874)
- 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?
- Rolf Heimann (born 1940)
- Anita Heiss (born 1968)
- John David Hennessey (1847–1935)
- Mark Henshaw (born 1951)[14]
- Xavier Herbert (1901–1984) Poor Fellow My Country
- Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002) Also poet & playwright
- Kathryn Heyman (born 1965)
- Jennifer Higgie
- Chloe Hooper (born 1973)
- Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942)
- Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
- Maria Hyland (born 1968) Carry Me Down
[edit] I
- David Ireland (born 1927)
- Ian Irvine (born 1950)
[edit] J
- Annamarie Jagose Slow Water.
- Winifred Lewellin James (1876-1941)
- Charlotte Jay (Geraldine Halls) (1919-1996) Crime fiction, Beat Not the Bones.
- Barbara Jefferis (1917-2004)
- 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)
- Rod Jones (born 1953)
- Nicholas Jose (born 1952) Paper Nautilus, The Rose Crossing,The Custodians, The Red Thread.
[edit] K
- Christopher Kelen (born 1958) Also poet & artist
- Thomas Keneally (born 1935) Schindler's Ark (1985), filmed as Schindler's List
- Robin Klein (born 1936)
- Christopher Koch (born 1932)
- Torsten Krol
[edit] L
- Eric Lambert (1918–1966)
- John Lang (1817–1864)
- Eve Langley (1908–1974)
- Coral Lansbury (1929–1991)
- Henry Lawson (1867-1922) (poet and short story writer)
- William Lawson (1876–1957)[15]
- Simone Lazaroo[16]
- Kathy Lette (born 1958)
- Joan Lindsay (1896–1984)
- Norman Lindsay (1879-1969) The Magic Pudding. Also a noted artist.
- Amanda Lohrey (born 1947)
- Joan London (born 1958)
- Gabrielle Lord (born 1946) Crime fiction
- Melissa Lucashenko[17]
- Morris Lurie (born 1938)
[edit] M
- Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (born 1847–1937)
- Mardi McConnochie (born 1971)
- Colleen McCullough (born 1937) The Thorn Birds
- Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947)
- Meme McDonald[18]
- Roger McDonald (born 1941)
- Andrew McGahan (born 1966) Praise
- Emily Maguire (born 1976)
- Hugh Mackay
- Kenneth Seaforth Mackenzie (1913–1955) Dead Men Rising
- Ronald McKie (1909–1991)
- Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
- Shane Maloney Crime fiction
- David Malouf (born 1934) The Great World
- Leonard Mann (1895–1981)[19]
- 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)
- Gillian Mears The Grass Sister Commonwealth Writers Prize (Regional) 1996
- Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
- Alex Miller (born 1936)
- Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946)
- Ian Moffitt (born 1926)[20]
- 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[21]
- Gerald Murnane (born 1939)
- Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962) Judgement Rock[22]
[edit] N
- Alice Nannup (1911–1995) When the Pelican Laughed[23]
- Simpson Newland (1835–1925)
- Nerida Newton (born 1972) The Lambing Flat
- John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923)
- D'Arcy Niland (1919–1967) The Shiralee
- Hume Nisbet (1849–1923)
- Michael Noonan (1921–2000) The December Boys
- Louis Nowra (born 1950) Better known as a playwright
- Judy Nunn (born 1945)
[edit] O
- Andrew T. O'Connor (born 1978) Tuvalu
- Elizabeth O'Conner (born 1913) The Irishman, 1960 Miles Franklin Award winner
- John O'Grady (1907–1981) They're a Weird Mob
- Wendy Orr Canadian-born Australian children's writer, of Nim's Island and others
- 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 1923) The Harp in the South
- Pyotr Patrushev (born 1942) Project Nirvana
- Elliot Perlman (born 1964) Three Dollars
- James Phelan (born 1979) Fox Hunt, Patriot Act.
- Nancy Phelan (born 1913) Also memoirist, 2004 Patrick White Award winner
- 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.
- Boori Monty Prior[24]
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Matthew Reilly (born 1974) Action/thriller
- Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946) The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
- Gregory David Roberts (born 1952) Shantaram (novel)
- Peter Robb (born 1946) Midnight in Sicily M[1]
- Deborah Robertson[25]
- Jacqui Ross (born 1965) Chick lit, Messy Business
- Jennifer Rowe (Emily Rodda) (born 1948) Crime fiction & children's fantasy, Deltora Quest.
- Penelope Rowe (born 1946)[26]
- Tracy Ryan (born 1964) Novelist, poet and translator
[edit] S
- Philip Salom (born 1950) Also poet
- Georgia Savage[27]
- Henry Savery (1791–1842) Australia's first novelist
- Conrad Sayce (1888–1935)
- Katherine Scholes (born 1959) The Stone Angel
- John A. Scott (born 1948) Also poet, Warra Warra
- Kim Scott (born 1957) Benang
- Rosie Scott (born 1948)
- Alan Seymour (born 1927) Mainly playwright
- Nevil Shute (1899–1960)
- Craig Silvey (born 1982) Rhubarb
- Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940)
- Lindsay Simpson (born 1957) Crime fiction
- Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910)
- Eleanor Spence (born 1928)
- Ken Spillman (born 1959)
- Kimberley Starr (born 1970) The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies
- Christina Stead (1902–1983) The Man Who Loved Children
- Gordon Neil Stewart (1912–1999) Crime fiction
- Dal Stivens (1911–1997) Jimmy Brockett 1981 Patrick White Award winner
- Louis Stone (1871–1935) Jonah
- Randolph Stow (born 1935) The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea
[edit] T
- Peter Temple (born 1946) Crime fiction
- Kylie Tennant (1912–1988) The Battlers, Ride on Stranger
- Colin Thiele (1920–2006) Storm Boy
- Carrie Tiffany (born 1965) Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living
- P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Mary Poppins
- Penelope Trevor (born 1960) Listening for Small Sounds
- Christos Tsiolkas (born 1965) Loaded
- Lee Tulloch Fabulous Nobodies
- Ethel Turner (1872–1958)
[edit] U
- Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)
[edit] V
- Lin Van Hek
- Frederick Bert Vickers (1903-????)
- Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1869)
- Paul Voermans (1960) Science fiction
[edit] W
- Brenda Walker (born 1957) The Wing of Night
- Dave Warner (Born 1953) Crime fiction
- Judah Waten (1912–1985)[28]
- E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970)
- Sam Watson (born 1952) The Kadaitcha Sung
- Archie Weller (born 1957) The Day of the Dog
- Morris West (1916–1999) The Shoes of the Fisherman
- Herb Wharton (born 1936)
- Nadia Wheatley (born 1949) Children's fiction
- Patrick White (1912–1990) Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature (1973) for The Eye of the Storm; innaugural winner, Miles Franklin Award 1957 - Voss.
- Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956) Science fiction, (Stargate series)
- Lili Wilkinson (born 1981)
- Eric Willmot (born 1936)[29]
- Darren Williams (born 1967) Angel Rock, 1994 Australian/Vogel Literary Award winner
- Anne Wilson (1848–1930)
- Tara June Winch (1983) Swallow the Air
- Gerard Windsor (born 1944) Heaven Where The Bachelors Sit
- Tim Winton (born 1960 Cloudstreet
- Amy Witting (1918–2001) I for Isobel, 1993 Patrick White Award winner
- Charlotte Wood (born 1965) The Submerged Cathedral
- Sue Woolfe (born 1950) Leaning Towards Infinity
- Alexis Wright (born 1950) Carpentaria 2007 Miles Franklin Award winner
[edit] X
[edit] Y
- Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)
[edit] Z
- Markus Zusak (born 1975)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Wayne Ashton. Brisbane Writers Festival.
- ^ Georgia Blain. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ 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 2006-12-21.
- ^ Oh Lucky Country. University of Sydney. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Casey, Gavin (a.k.a. Casey, Gavin Stodart ). AustList Database.
- ^ JM Coetzee becomes an Australian citizen. Mail & Guardian online (2006-03-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ Crime and the Corris factor. The Age.
- ^ Devanny, Jean 1894 - 1962. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
- ^ Drake-Brockman, Henrietta Frances York (1901 - 1968). Australian Women's Archives Project.
- ^ Biography: Sarah Dowse. National Library of Australia. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ On the couch with Kerry Greenwood. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Out of the Line of Fire. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Lawson, William (Will) (1876 - 1957). Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ LAZAROO, Simone. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Melissa Lucashenko. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Meme McDonald. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Boyer Lectures, 4: Up Over. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. “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.”
- ^ The Retreat of Radiance. University of Sydney. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Mudrooroo (a.k.a. Mudrooroo, Colin Johnson; Nyoongah, Colin Johnson; Johnson, Colin; Narogin, Mudrooroo; Nyoongah, Mudrooroo ). Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ Joanna Murray-Smith. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
- ^ When the Pelican Laughed. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on 2007-04-14.
- ^ Authors visit the Campus. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ When the water falls. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Rowe, Penelope. AustLit Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
- ^ The Estuary. University of Sydney. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Waten, Judah. AustLit Database. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Willmot, Eric. AustLit Database. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.