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Australian novelists

28 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Ben EltonPerson · Film memorabiliaBenjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is a British comedian and writer. He has written and produced for television, radio, films, novels, theatre and musicals, and has performed as a…
Charles OsborneAuthor · BooksCharles Thomas Osborne (24 November 192723 September 2017) was an Australian journalist, theatre and opera critic, poet and novelist.[1] He was the assistant editor of The London Magazine…
David MaloufAuthor · BooksDavid George Joseph Malouf (mə-LOOF; 20 March 1934 – 22 April 2026) was an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist.
Gerald MurnaneAuthor · BooksGerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
Geraldine BrooksAuthor · BooksGeraldine Brooks (born 14 September 1955) is an Australian-American journalist and novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her 2005 novel March.
Graeme SimsionAuthor · BooksGraeme C. Simsion is a New Zealand-born Australian author, screenwriter, playwright, and data modeller, best known for his first novel The Rosie Project.
James AldridgeAuthor · BooksHarold Edward James Aldridge (10 July 1918 – 23 February 2015) was an Australian-British writer and journalist.
Joan LindsayArtist · PaintingsJoan à Beckett Weigall, Lady Lindsay (16 November 189623 December 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and visual artist.
John FlanaganAuthor · BooksJohn Anthony Flanagan (22 May 1944 – 7 February 2026) was an Australian fantasy author best known for his medieval fantasy series, the Ranger's Apprentice, and its sister series, the…
Kenneth CookPerson · Film memorabiliaKenneth Bernard Cook (5 May 1929 – 18 April 1987) was an Australian journalist, television documentary maker, and novelist best known for his work Wake in Fright, which is still in print…
Lily BrettAuthor · BooksLily Brett (born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn 5 September 1946) is an Australian novelist, essayist and poet.
Louisa Anne MeredithIllustrator · IllustrationLouisa Anne Meredith (20 July 1812 – 21 October 1895), also known as Louisa Anne Twamley, was an Anglo-Australian writer, illustrator and possibly one of Australia's earliest photographers.
Malla NunnPerson · Film memorabiliaMalla Nunn (born 1963) is a Swaziland-born Australian screenwriter, film director and author.
Marcus ClarkeAuthor · BooksMarcus Andrew Hislop Clarke FRSA (24 April 1846 – 2 August 1881) was an English-born Australian novelist, journalist, poet, editor, librarian, and playwright.
Mic LoobyArtist · Comics and comic artMic Looby (born 1969) is an Australian author and illustrator.
Miles FranklinAuthor · BooksStella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (14 October 187919 September 1954), known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career,…
Nancy CatoAuthor · BooksNancy Fotheringham Cato (11 March 19173 July 2000) was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes of poetry.
Nene GareArtist · PaintingsNene Gare (9 May 191929 May 1994) was an Australian writer and artist, best known as the author of the novel The Fringe Dwellers (1961), which was made into the 1986 Australian film of the…
Nick CavePerson · Music memorabiliaNicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, musician and writer. He is the frontman of the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
P. L. TraversAuthor · BooksPamela Lyndon Travers (born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996) was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England.
Patrick WhiteAuthor · BooksFor the football player, see Pat White. For other people of this name, see Patrick White (disambiguation).
Paul BrickhillAuthor · BooksPaul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 191623 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky.
Peter GoldsworthyAuthor · BooksPeter David Goldsworthy (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti.
Peter TempleAuthor · BooksPeter Temple (disambiguation)
Richard FlanaganPerson · Film memorabiliaRichard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who won the 2014 Man Booker Prize[17][18] for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North[1][69][70][71][72][73][74] and the…
Ruth ParkAuthor · BooksRosina Ruth Lucia Park AM (24 August 191714 December 2010) was a New Zealand–born Australian author.
Shaun TanArtist · Comics and comic artShaun Tan (born 15 January 1974) is an Australian artist, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his graphic novel The Arrival (2006), which won several awards, and for his 2010 animated…
Zora CrossAuthor · BooksZora Bernice May Cross (18 May 1890 – 22 January 1964) was an Australian poet, best-selling novelist and journalist.

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