Life at a Glance

BORN

1949, Melbourne

EDUCATED

English and history at La Trobe University

MARRIED

Lives with his partner and son

CAREER

High school English teacher; musician; playwright; theatre reviewer; journalist; lecturer; novelist; taxi driver.

NOVELS

Remember Me, Jimmy James

(1992)

Momoko

(1994)

The Love Song of Lucy McBride

(1998)

The Art of the Engine Driver

(2001)

The Gift of Speed

(2004)

The Time We Have Taken

(2007)

AWARDS AND HONOURS

The Art of the Engine Driver:

• Shortlisted for the 2002 Miles Franklin Literary Award

• Shortlisted for the Prix Femina 2005

• Shortlisted for the Prix des Lectrices d’Elle 2006

The Gift of Speed:

• Shortlisted for the 2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award

• Highly Commended in the 2005 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards

• Highly Commended in the 2005 FAW Christina Stead Award for Fiction

The Time We Have Taken:

• Winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Literary Award

• Winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book Award, South East Asia and South Pacific Region

• Shortlisted for the 2007 Age Book of the Year Award (Fiction)

• Shortlisted for the 2007 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction