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Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They include Schindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the film Schindler's List, and The Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates and Gossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels are The Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, Shame and the Captives and Napoleon's Last Island. He has also written several works of non-fiction, including his memoir Homebush Boy, Searching for Schindler and Australians. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney.
Awards: LA Times (1983), Booker (1982) see all
Genres: Historical, Literary Fiction
Novels
The Place at Whitton (1964)
The Fear (1965)
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
The Survivor (1969)
A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
Gossip from the Forest (1975)
Season in Purgatory (1976)
Victim of the Aurora (1977)
Ned Kelly and the City of Bees (1978)
Confederates (1979)
Passenger (1979)
The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
Bullie's House (1981)
Schindler's Ark (1982)
aka Schindler's List
A Family Madness (1985)
The Playmaker (1987)
To Asmara (1989)
aka Towards Asmara
Act of Grace (1989) (as by William Coyle)
By the Line (1989)
Flying Hero Class (1991)
Chief of Staff (1992) (as by William Coyle)
Woman of the Inner Sea (1992)
Jacko (1993)
A River Town (1995)
Bettany's Book (2000)
The Office of Innocence (2002)
An Angel in Australia (2002) (as by Tom Keneally)
The Tyrant's Novel (2003)
Widow and Her Hero (2007)
The People's Train (2009)
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
Shame and the Captives (2014)
Napoleon's Last Island (2016)
Crimes of the Father (2017)
The Book of Science and Antiquities (2018)
Two Old Men Dying (2019) (as by Tom Keneally)
The Dickens Boy (2020)
The Great Hunger (2021) (with others)
Corporal Hitler's Pistol (2022) (as by Tom Keneally)
Fanatic Heart (2023)
The Fear (1965)
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
The Survivor (1969)
A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
Gossip from the Forest (1975)
Season in Purgatory (1976)
Victim of the Aurora (1977)
Ned Kelly and the City of Bees (1978)
Confederates (1979)
Passenger (1979)
The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
Bullie's House (1981)
Schindler's Ark (1982)
aka Schindler's List
A Family Madness (1985)
The Playmaker (1987)
To Asmara (1989)
aka Towards Asmara
Act of Grace (1989) (as by William Coyle)
By the Line (1989)
Flying Hero Class (1991)
Chief of Staff (1992) (as by William Coyle)
Woman of the Inner Sea (1992)
Jacko (1993)
A River Town (1995)
Bettany's Book (2000)
The Office of Innocence (2002)
An Angel in Australia (2002) (as by Tom Keneally)
The Tyrant's Novel (2003)
Widow and Her Hero (2007)
The People's Train (2009)
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
Shame and the Captives (2014)
Napoleon's Last Island (2016)
Crimes of the Father (2017)
The Book of Science and Antiquities (2018)
Two Old Men Dying (2019) (as by Tom Keneally)
The Dickens Boy (2020)
The Great Hunger (2021) (with others)
Corporal Hitler's Pistol (2022) (as by Tom Keneally)
Fanatic Heart (2023)
Collections
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Books containing stories by Thomas Keneally
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Thomas Keneally recommends
Frame 37 (2026)
Nicholas Shakespeare
"his master of the meaningful thriller has again astounded me...reminiscent of the best of Graham Greene. If you want your thriller writer to be an accomplished novelist: Shakespeare's your man. If you want your thriller writer to let things rip: Shakespeare's your man. He is an encompassing talent."
The Dictionary of Lost Words (2021)
Pip Williams
"What a novel of words, their adventure, and their capacity to define and, above all, challenge the world. There will not be this year a more original novel published. I just know it."
Rockaway Blue (2021)
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