A River Town

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recentlyThe Dickens Boy, Crimes of the Father, Napoleons Last Island, Shame and the Captives, and theNew York TimesbestsellingThe Daughters of Mars. He is also the author ofSchindlers List, which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, andConfederates, all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoirHomebush Boy, The Commonwealth of Thieves, andSearching for Schindler. He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.