Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 and, as well as writing many novels, has shown an increasing interest in producing histories. His history of Irish convictism was entitled The Great Shame and was published in all the English language markets. The same was true of his later work, The Commonwealth of Thieves, which looked upon the penal origins of Australia in a way which sought to make the reader feel close to the experience of individual Aboriginals, convicts and officials. His novels include The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Schindler's Ark, The Daughters of Mars and Shame and the Captives. He has the won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Book Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Scripter Award of the University of Southern California, the Mondello International Prize, the Helmerich Prize. He lives in Sydney with his wife, Judy, and is Number 1 ticket-holder of the Manly-Warringah Rugby League team.
"A very readable yet thorough work." --Library Journal on The
Australians: Origins to Eureka
"Keneally, a Booker Prize-winning novelist and nonfiction writer,
utilizes some wonderful vignettes gleaned from primary sources to
advance his narrative. . . . This is a wonderful beginning of a
project that should provide enjoyment for both general readers and
scholars." --Booklist on The Australians: From Origins to Eureka
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