Thomas Keneally
Australian novelist who won the Booker Prize for Schindler's Ark, later adapted by Steven Spielberg as Schindler's List. His prolific output spans Australian history, the Irish diaspora, and global conflicts. He is one of the most internationally recognized Australian authors.
Works
- Schindler's ArkIndustrialist saves Jews during Holocaust as act of conscience and business
- The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithHalf-caste man fights colonization and racism in nineteenth-century Australia
- Gossip from the ForestGenerals negotiate armistice as World War One's killing fields near their end
- ConfederatesConfederate soldiers march toward Gettysburg across love, loss, and history
- A River TownRiverboat captain builds utopian town on remote Australian watercourse