List of Australian novelists

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This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there.

A[]

  • J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953)
  • Azhar Abidi (born 1968)
  • Francis Adams (1862–1893)
  • Glenda Adams (1939–2007)
  • Jennie Adams (born 1963)
  • Debra Adelaide (born 1958)
  • Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994)
  • Malcolm Afford (1906–1954)
  • Maggie Alderson (born 1959)
  • James Aldridge (1918–2015)
  • Jane Alison (born 1961)
  • Chris Allen (born 1964)
  • Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944)
  • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)
  • Jessica Anderson (1916–2010)
  • Jim Anderson (born 1937)
  • Venero Armanno (born 1959)
  • Lindsay Armstrong (living)
  • Sarah Armstrong (born 1968)
  • Keri Arthur (living)
  • Oscar Asche (1871–1936)
  • Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004)
  • Melissa Ashley (born 1973)
  • Kalinda Ashton (living)
  • Leah Ashton (living)
  • David Astle (born 1961)
  • Thea Astley (1925–2004)
  • Tilly Aston (1873–1947)
  • Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994)
  • Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872)
  • Bunty Avieson (born 1962)

B[]

Rolf Boldrewood
  • Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013)
  • Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013)
  • Van Badham (born 1974)
  • Murray Bail (born 1941)
  • Allan Baillie (born 1943)
  • Margaret Balderson (born 1935)
  • Faith Bandler (1918–2015)
  • Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)
  • Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012)
  • John Arthur Barry (1850–1911)
  • Max Barry (born 1973)
  • Catherine Bateson (born 1960)
  • Alan Baxter (born 1970)
  • John Baxter (born 1939)
  • William Baylebridge (1883–1942)
  • Barbara Baynton (1857–1929)
  • Richard Beasley (born 1964)
  • George Lewis Becke (1855–1913)
  • Jean Bedford (born 1946)
  • K. A. Bedford (born 1963)
  • Randolph Bedford (1868–1941)
  • George Beeby (1869–1942)
  • Larissa Behrendt (born 1969)
  • Diane Bell (born 1943)
  • Herz Bergner (1907–1970)
  • Patricia Bernard (born 1942)
  • Helen Bianchin (born 1939)
  • Barbara Biggs (born 1956)
  • John B. Biggs (born 1934)
  • Carmel Bird (born 1940)
  • Winifred Birkett (1897–1966)
  • John Birmingham (born 1964)
  • Dora Birtles (1903–1992)
  • K. J. Bishop (living)
  • Emily Bitto (living)
  • Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969)
  • Estelle Blackburn (born 1950)
  • Georgia Blain (1964–2016)
  • Ally Blake (living)
  • Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996)
  • Capel Boake (1889–1944)
  • Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), Filipino expatriate
  • Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008)
  • Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826–1915)
  • Ian Bone (born 1956)
  • Alison Booth (living)
  • Guy Boothby (1867–1905)
  • Gillian Bouras (born 1945)
  • Martin Boyd (1893–1972)
  • Russell Braddon (1921–1995)
  • James Bradley (born 1967)
  • Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957)
  • Lily Brett (born 1946)
  • Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003)
  • Chris Broadribb (living)
  • Damien Broderick (born 1944)
  • Steve Brook (1934–2014), Polish-born journalist and satirical novelist
  • Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
  • Karen Brooks (born 1954)
  • Anne Brooksbank (born 1943)
  • John Brosnan (1947–2005)
  • Carter Brown (1923–1985)
  • Honey Brown (living)
  • Max Brown (1916–2003)
  • Marshall Browne (1935–2014)
  • Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)
  • Alyssa Brugman (born 1974)
  • Anne Buist (living)
  • Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1889)
  • Janine Burke (born 1952)
  • William Aubrey Burnage (1824–1902)
  • Nathan Burrage (born 1971)
  • Deborah Burrows (born 1959)
  • Alex Buzo (1944–2006)
  • Liz Byrski (born 1944)

C[]

Ada Cambridge
  • Kathleen Caffyn (c. 1855–1926)
  • Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996)
  • Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)
  • Marion May Campbell (born 1948)
  • Alice Campion, pseudonym for group writing collaboratively since 2010
  • Trudi Canavan (born 1969)
  • Leslie Cannold (born 1970)
  • Gabrielle Carey (born 1959), Puberty Blues
  • Peter Carey (born 1943)
  • Patricia Carlon (1927–2002)
  • Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)
  • Jane Caro (born 1957)
  • Steven Carroll (born 1949)
  • Paul D. Carter (born 1980)
  • Caroline Carver (born 1959)
  • Jay Caselberg (born 1958)
  • Deirdre Cash (1924–1963)
  • Belinda Castles (born 1971)
  • Brian Castro (born 1950)
  • Nancy Cato (1917–2000)
  • Nick Cave (born 1957)
  • Arlene J. Chai (born 1955)
  • Joy Chambers (born 1947)
  • Nan Chauncy (1900–1970)
  • Ellen Clacy (1830–1901)
  • John Clanchy (born 1943)
  • Margaret Clark (born 1942)
  • Hugh V. Clarke (1919–1996)
  • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881)
  • James Clavell (1924–1994)
  • Alan Clay (born 1954)
  • Jon Cleary (1917–2010)
  • Charmian Clift (1923–1969)
  • Jane Clifton (born 1949)
  • Robert Close (1903–1995)
  • Constance Clyde (1872–1951)
  • J. M. Coetzee (born 1940), South African-born, emigrated to Australia in 2002
  • Bernard Cohen (born 1963)
  • Alan Collins (1928–2008)
  • Dale Collins (1897–1956)
  • Jennifer Compton (born 1949)
  • Matthew Condon (born 1962)
  • Kate Constable (born 1966)
  • Kenneth Cook (1929–1987)
  • Selma Cook (born 1961)
  • Beatriz Copello (living)
  • Gary Corby (born 1963)
  • Peter Corris (1942–2018)
  • Colin Cotterill (born 1952)
  • Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957)
  • Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012)
  • Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897)
  • James Cowan (1942–2018)
  • Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941)
  • Alison Croggon (born 1962)
  • Bernard Cronin (1884–1968)
  • M. T. C. Cronin (b. 1963)
  • Zora Cross (1890–1964)
  • Cath Crowley (born 1971)
  • Sophie Cunningham (born 1963)
  • Jean Curlewis (1898–1930)
  • Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981)

D[]

Eleanor Dark
  • John Bede Dalley (1876–1935)
  • Trent Dalton (living)
  • Eric Dando (born 1970)
  • Stephen Dando-Collins
  • Lilian Darcy (living)
  • Eleanor Dark (1901–1985)
  • Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living)
  • Helen Darville (Helen Demidenko) (born 1972)
  • Harriet Miller Davidson (1839–1883)
  • Luke Davies (born 1962)
  • Brooke Davis (born 1980)
  • Frank Dalby Davison (1893–1970)
  • Liam Davison (1957–2014)
  • Ellen Davitt (1812–1879)
  • Carlton Dawe (1865–1935)
  • Gregory Day (living)
  • Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969)
  • Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)
  • Joel Deane (born 1969)
  • Kathryn Deans (living), children's fantasy
  • Meaghan Delahunt (born 1961)
  • David Denholm (1924–1997)
  • Kit Denton (1928–1997)
  • Robert Dessaix (born 1944)
  • Jessica Dettmann (living)
  • James Devaney (1890–1976)
  • Jean Devanny (1894–1962)
  • Joyce Dingwell (1908–1997)
  • Garry Disher (born 1949)
  • András Domahidy (1920–2012)
  • Bronwyn Donaghy (1948–2002)
  • Albert Dorrington (1874–1953)
  • Sara Douglass (1957–2011)
  • Jon Doust (living)
  • Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980)
  • Sara Dowse (born 1938)
  • Phil Doyle (born 1967)
  • Simon Drake (born 1975)
  • Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968)
  • Robert Drewe (born 1943)
  • Neal Drinnan (born 1964)
  • Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961)
  • Alasdair Duncan (born 1982)
  • Susan Duncan (born 1951)
  • Mary Durack (1913–1994)

E[]

  • Nick Earls (born 1963)
  • Anthony Eaton (born 1972)
  • Arabella Edge (living)
  • Greg Egan (born 1961)
  • Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956)
  • M. Barnard Eldershaw, pseudonym for Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956) and Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)
  • Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991)
  • Ben Elton (born 1959)
  • Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981)
  • Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969)
  • Justine Ettler (born 1965)
  • Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886)
  • John K. Ewers (1904–1978)

F[]

Miles Franklin
  • Michel Faber (born 1960)
  • Diane Fahey (born 1945)
  • Colin Falconer (born 1953)
  • Delia Falconer (born 1966)
  • Kim Falconer (born 1954)
  • Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952)
  • Jennifer Fallon (born 1959)
  • Margaret Fane (1887–1962)
  • Beverley Farmer (1941–2018)
  • George Farwell (1911–1976)
  • Annah Faulkner (living)
  • Joanne Fedler (born 1967)
  • Elizabeth Fensham (born 1953)
  • Karen Lee Field (born 1961)
  • Jeremy Fisher (born 1954)
  • Helen FitzGerald (born 1966)
  • Ross Fitzgerald (born 1944)
  • John Flanagan (born 1944)
  • Penny Flanagan (born 1970)
  • Richard Flanagan (born 1961)
  • William Fleming (1874–1961)
  • Tom Flood (born 1955)
  • Pat Flower (1914–1977)
  • Mabel Forrest (1872–1935)
  • Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995)
  • Kate Forsyth (born 1966)
  • Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911)
  • David Foster (born 1944)
  • Grant Foster (born 1945)
  • Lynn Foster (1914–1985)
  • Candice Fox (born 1985)
  • Judith Fox (born 1959)
  • Kathryn Fox (born 1966)
  • Karen Foxlee (born 1971)
  • David Francis (born 1958)
  • Miles Franklin (1879–1954)
  • Jackie French (born 1953)
  • Peggy Frew (born 1976)
  • James Fry (born 1982)
  • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)
  • Anna Funder (born 1966)
  • Joseph Furphy (1843–1912)
  • Sandy Fussell (born 1960)

G[]

  • Antonella Gambotto-Burke (born 1965)
  • Nene Gare (1919–1994)
  • Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014)
  • Helen Garner (born 1942)
  • Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009)
  • Mary Gaunt (1861–1942)
  • Susan Geason (born 1946)
  • Nikki Gemmell (born 1966)
  • Doris Gentile (1894–1972)
  • Sulari Gentill (living)
  • Leah Giarratano (living)
  • Marcus Gibson (born 1973)
  • Mollie Gillen (1908–2009)
  • Samantha Gillison (born 1967)
  • Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2011)
  • Gerald Glaskin (1923–2000)
  • Jane Godwin (born 1964)
  • Alan Gold (born 1945)
  • Goldie Goldbloom (born 1964)
  • Andrea Goldsmith (born 1950)
  • Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974)
  • Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)
  • Jane R. Goodall (born 1951)
  • W. T. Goodge (1862–1909)
  • Alison Goodman (born 1966)
  • Kate Gordon (born 1982)
  • Alan Gould (born 1949)
  • Nat Gould (1857–1919)
  • Nathaniel Gould (1857–1919)
  • Janet Gover (living)
  • Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952)
  • Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971)
  • Evan Green (1930–1996)
  • John M. Green (born 1953)
  • Kerry Greenwood (born 1954)
  • Kate Grenville (born 1950)
  • Andrew Griffiths (born c. 1966)
  • Andy Griffiths (born 1961)
  • Ann Grocott (born 1938)
  • Alma De Groen (born 1941)
  • Dick Gross (born 1954)
  • Glenda Guest (living)
  • Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961)
  • Phillip Gwynne (born 1958)

H[]

Xavier Herbert
  • Adrian d'Hagé (born 1946)
  • Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860–1936)
  • Rodney Hall (born 1935)
  • Vic Hall (1896–1972)
  • Marion Halligan (born 1940)
  • Rosalie Ham (born 1955)
  • Alex Hammond (born 1975)
  • Susan Hampton (born 1949)
  • Barbara Hannay (living)
  • Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)
  • Derek Hansen (born 1944)
  • J. M. Harcourt (1902–1971)
  • Lee Harding (born 1937)
  • Traci Harding, (born 1964), fantasy
  • Frank Hardy (1917–1994), Power Without Glory
  • Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)
  • Margaret Packham Hargrave (born 1941)
  • Richard Harland (born 1947)
  • Beverley Harper (1943–2002)
  • Alexander Harris (1805–1874)
  • Christine Harris (born 1955)
  • Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)
  • Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020)
  • Sonya Hartnett (born 1968)
  • John Harwood (born 1946)
  • Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942)
  • William Hay (1875–1945)
  • Les Haylen (1898–1977)
  • Simon Haynes (living)
  • Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016)
  • Jack Heath (born 1986)
  • Ruth Hegarty (born 1929)
  • Rolf Heimann (born 1940)
  • Anita Heiss (born 1968)
  • Lin Van Hek (born 1944)
  • Norma K. Hemming (1928–1960)
  • John David Hennessey (1847–1935)
  • Sally Hepworth (born 1980)
  • Xavier Herbert (1901–1984)
  • Jason Herbison (born 1972)
  • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)
  • Kathryn Heyman (born 1965)
  • Jack Hibberd (born 1940)
  • Jennifer Higgie (living)
  • Simon Higgins (born 1958)
  • Ernestine Hill (1900–1972)
  • Helen Hodgman (born 1945)
  • Patrick Holland (born 1977)
  • Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949)
  • Chloe Hooper (born 1973)
  • Sarah Hopkins
  • Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942)
  • Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016)
  • Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
  • Tom Hungerford (1915–2011)
  • Bem Le Hunte (born 1964)
  • Andrew Hutchinson (born 1979)
  • Adrian Hyland (born 1954)
  • M. J. Hyland (born 1968)

I[]

J[]

  • Antoni Jach (born 1956)
  • Linda Jaivin (born 1955)
  • Florence James (1902–1993)
  • Wendy James (born 1966)
  • Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941)
  • Trent Jamieson (living)
  • Emma Jane (born 1969)
  • Charlotte Jay (1919–1996)
  • Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004)
  • Kate Jennings (1948–2021)
  • Paul Jennings (born 1943)
  • Alexandra Joel (born 1953)
  • Madeleine St John (1941–2006))
  • Rebecca Johnson (born 1966)
  • Susan Johnson (born 1956)
  • Dorothy Johnston (born 1948)
  • George Johnston (1912–1970)
  • Martin Johnston (1947–1990)
  • Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007)
  • Gail Jones (born 1955)
  • Margaret Jones (1923–2006)
  • Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017)
  • Rod Jones (born 1953)
  • Toni Jordan (born 1966)
  • Nicholas Jose (born 1952)
  • Mireille Juchau (born 1969)

K[]

  • Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998)
  • Louise Katz (living)
  • Louis Kaye (1901–1981)
  • Christopher Kelen (born 1958)
  • Cate Kendall, pseudonym of Michelle Hamer and Lisa Blundell
  • Thomas Keneally (born 1935)
  • Cate Kennedy (born 1963)
  • Chris Kennedy (1948–2013)
  • Hannah Kent (born 1985)
  • Christopher Kenworthy (born 1968)
  • Michael Keon (1918–2006)
  • Adib Khan (living)
  • Paul Kidd (living)
  • Robin Klein (born 1936)
  • Elsa Klensch (born 1933)
  • Marion Knowles (1865–1949)
  • Malcolm Knox (born 1966)
  • Peter Kocan (born 1947)
  • Christopher Koch (1932–2013)
  • Will Kostakis (born 1989)
  • Nigel Krauth (born 1949)
  • Michelle de Kretser (born 1957)
  • Torsten Krol (living)
  • Ambelin Kwaymullina

L[]

Norman Lindsay
  • Sofie Laguna (born 1968)
  • Eric Lambert (1918–1966)
  • Henry George Lamond (1885–1969)
  • John Lang (1816–1864)
  • Eve Langley (1904–1974)
  • Coral Lansbury (1929–1991)
  • Justine Larbalestier (born 1967)
  • Glenda Larke (living)
  • John Larkin (born 1963)
  • Stephanie Laurens (born 1953)
  • Will Lawson (1876–1957)
  • Simone Lazaroo (born 1961)
  • Bill Leak (1956–2017)
  • Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881)
  • Miranda Lee (living)
  • Julia Leigh (born 1970)
  • Marion Lennox (born 1953)
  • Kathy Lette (born 1958)
  • Robin Levett (1925–2008)
  • Joan Lindsay (1896–1984)
  • Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)
  • Sumner Locke (1881–1917)
  • Hilary Lofting (1881–1939)
  • Amanda Lohrey (born 1947)
  • Kathryn Lomer (born 1958)
  • Joan London (born 1948)
  • Mic Looby (born 1969)
  • Julienne van Loon (born 1970)
  • Gabrielle Lord (born 1946)
  • Angelo Loukakis (living)
  • Lennie Lower (1903–1947)
  • Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967)
  • Dave Luckett (born 1951)
  • Morris Lurie (1938–2014)

M[]

David Malouf
  • Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961)
  • Michael MacConnell (living)
  • J. E. Macdonnell (1917–2002)
  • Louise Mack (1870–1935)
  • Hugh Mackay (born 1938)
  • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)
  • Kenneth (Seaforth) Mackenzie (1913–1955)
  • Doug MacLeod (1959–2021)
  • Anthony Macris (born 1962)
  • Emily Maguire (born 1976)
  • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)
  • Barry Maitland (born 1941)
  • Angela Malone (born 1971)
  • Shane Maloney (born 1953), crime fiction
  • David Malouf (born 1934)
  • Leonard Mann (1895–1981)
  • Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
  • Melina Marchetta (born 1965)
  • Juliet Marillier (born 1948)
  • John Marsden (born 1950)
  • William Leonard Marshall (1944–2003)
  • Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937)
  • David Martin (1915–1997)
  • Kain Massin (living)
  • Olga Masters (1919–1986)
  • Andrew Masterson (born 1961)
  • Peter Mathers (1931–2004)
  • Brian Matthews (born 1936)
  • Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019)
  • Constance Jane McAdam (1872–1951)
  • Maxine McArthur (born 1962)
  • Brett McBean (born 1978)
  • A. L. McCann (born 1966)
  • Andrew McCann (living)
  • Mardi McConnochie (born 1971)
  • George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927)
  • Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890)
  • Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)
  • Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947)
  • Kirstyn McDermott (living)
  • Damian McDonald (born 1969)
  • Nan McDonald (1921–1974)
  • Roger McDonald (born 1941)
  • Fiona McFarlane (born 1978)
  • Andrew McGahan (1966–2019)
  • Geoffrey McGeachin (born 1949)
  • Fiona McGregor (born 1965)
  • Michael McGuire
  • Fiona McIntosh (born 1960)
  • Edith McKay (1891–1963)
  • Chuck McKenzie (born 1970)
  • Ronald McKie (1909–1991)
  • Tamara McKinley (born 1948)
  • Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)
  • Claire McNab (born 1940)
  • James McQueen (1934–1998)
  • Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962)
  • Foz Meadows (born 1986)
  • Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993)
  • Gillian Mears (1964–2016)
  • Wolla Meranda (1863–1951)
  • Gwen Meredith (1907–2006)
  • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)
  • Alex Miller (born 1936)
  • Karen Miller (living)
  • Jennifer Mills (born 1977)
  • Paul Mitchell (born 1968)
  • Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946)
  • Ian Moffitt (1926–2000)
  • James Moloney (born 1954)
  • Scott Monk (born 1974)
  • Josephine Moon (living)
  • Ray Mooney (born 1945)
  • Finola Moorhead (born 1947)
  • Frank Moorhouse (born 1938)
  • Michael Moran (born 1947)
  • Sally Morgan (born 1951)
  • Jaclyn Moriarty (born 1968)
  • Liane Moriarty (born 1966)
  • Myra Morris (1893–1966)
  • John Morrison (1904–1998)
  • Sally Morrison (born 1946)
  • Di Morrissey (born 1948)
  • Kate Morton (born 1976)
  • Mudrooroo (1938–2019) (formerly Colin Johnson)
  • Nina Murdoch (1890–1976)
  • Gerald Murnane (born 1939)
  • Sally Murphy (born 1968)
  • Kirsty Murray (born 1960)
  • Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962)

N[]

  • Jill Neville (1932–1997)
  • Simpson Newland (1835–1925)
  • Nerida Newton (born 1972)
  • John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923)
  • Harry Nicolaides (born 1967/1968)
  • Karen Simpson Nikakis (living)
  • D'Arcy Niland (1919–1967)
  • Hume Nisbet (1849–1923)
  • Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976)
  • Michael Noonan (1921–2000)
  • Louis Nowra (born 1950)
  • Judy Nunn (born 1945)
  • Malla Nunn (living)

O[]

P[]

  • Vance Palmer (1885–1959)
  • Susan Parisi (born 1958)
  • Ruth Park (1923–2010)
  • Catherine Langloh Parker (c. 1855–1940)
  • Julia Parker (born 1932)
  • Favel Parrett (living)
  • Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985)
  • Valerie Parv (born 1950)
  • Judy Pascoe (living)
  • A. S. Patrić (living)
  • Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016)
  • Brian Penton (1904–1951)
  • Elliot Perlman (born 1964)
  • Mary K. Pershall (born 1951)
  • Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969)
  • Hoa Pham (living)
  • James Phelan (born 1979)
  • Nancy Phelan (1913–2008)
  • Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001)
  • D.B.C. Pierre (born 1961)
  • Geoffry Morgan Pike (1929–2018)
  • Gillian Polack (born 1961)
  • Dorothy Porter (1954–2008)
  • Hal Porter (1911–1984)
  • Rosa Praed (1851–1935)
  • Ambrose Pratt (1874–1944)
  • Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969)
  • Alice Pung (born 1981)

Q[]

  • Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)

R[]

Henry Handel Richardson
  • Vivienne Rae-Ellis (1930–2015)
  • Leslie Alfred Redgrave (1882–1956)
  • Leigh Redhead (born 1971)
  • Gayla Reid (born 1945)
  • Matthew Reilly (born 1974)
  • David Reiter (born 1947)
  • Ethel Richardson (1870–1946)
  • Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946)
  • Christopher Ride (born 1965)
  • Peter Robb (born 1946)
  • Gregory David Roberts (born 1952)
  • Deborah Robertson (born 1959)
  • Kel Robertson (born 1950s)
  • Michael Robotham (born 1960)
  • Luke Romyn (born 1975)
  • Heather Rose (born 1964)
  • Peter Rose (born 1955)
  • Alice Grant Rosman (1882–1961)
  • Jane Routley (born 1962)
  • Jennifer Rowe (born 1948)
  • Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

S[]

Catherine Helen Spence
  • Eva Sallis (born 1964)
  • Philip Salom (born 1950)
  • Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987)
  • G K Saunders (1910–2005)
  • Henry Savery (1791–1842)
  • Conrad Sayce (1888–1966)
  • Mandy Sayer (born 1963)
  • Wendy Scarfe (born 1933)
  • Katherine Scholes (born 1959)
  • George Firth Scott (1862–1935)
  • John A. Scott (born 1948)
  • Kim Scott (born 1957)
  • Phillip Scott (born 1952)
  • Rosie Scott (1948–2017)
  • Stephen Sewell (born 1953)
  • Alan Seymour (1927–2015)
  • Thomas Shapcott (born 1935)
  • Lionel Shave (1888–1954)
  • Charles Herbert Shaw (1900–1955)
  • Charles Shaw (1900–1955)
  • Patricia Shaw (born 1929)
  • Nevil Shute (1899–1960)
  • Craig Silvey (born 1982)
  • Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940)
  • Lindsay Simpson (born 1957)
  • Graeme Simsion (living)
  • Tim Sinclair (born 1972)
  • Gaele Sobott (born 1956)
  • Edward Sorenson (1869–1939)
  • Tracy Sorensen (living)
  • Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910)
  • Eleanor Spence (1928–2008)
  • Ken Spillman (born 1959)
  • Kimberley Starr (born 1970)
  • Nicolette Stasko (born 1950)
  • Christina Stead (1902–1983)
  • Gordon Neil Stewart (1912–1999), crime fiction
  • Kathleen Stewart (born 1958)
  • Dal Stivens (1911–1997)
  • Louis Stone (1871–1935)
  • Randolph Stow (1935–2010)
  • Donald Stuart (1913–1983)
  • Pat Studdy-Clift (1925–2017)
  • Nike Sulway (born 1968)

T[]

  • Anna Tambour (living)
  • Shaun Tan (born 1974)
  • Cory Taylor (1955–2016)
  • Kay Glasson Taylor (1893–1998)
  • Keith Taylor (born 1946)
  • Peter Temple (1946–2018)
  • Kylie Tennant (1912–1988)
  • Colin Thiele (1920–2006)
  • Estelle Thompson (1930–2003)
  • Holly Throsby (born 1978)
  • Ric Throssell (1922–1999)
  • F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979)
  • Carrie Tiffany (born 1965)
  • Harry Tighe (1877–1946)
  • E. V. Timms (1895–1960)
  • Steve Toltz (born 1972)
  • Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003)
  • P. L. Travers (1899–1996)
  • Rachael Treasure (born 1968)
  • Penelope Trevor (born 1960)
  • Pepe Trevor (born 1960)
  • Nigel Triffitt (1949–2012)
  • Christos Tsiolkas (born 1965)
  • Lee Tulloch (born 1954), Fabulous Nobodies
  • John A. Tully (born 1947)
  • Ethel Turner (1873–1958)
  • George Turner (1916–1997)
  • Lilian Turner (1867–1956)

U[]

V[]

  • Elise Valmorbida (born 1961)
  • Joanne van Os (born 1955)
  • F. B. Vickers (1903–1985) (Frederick Bert)
  • Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1873)

W[]

  • Murray Waldren (living)
  • Robert Wales (born 1962)
  • Brenda Walker (born 1957)
  • Joe Walker (1910–1971)
  • Kath Walker (1920–1993)
  • Lucy Walker (1907–1987)
  • Sarah Walker (born 1965)
  • Vivienne Wallington (born 1937)
  • Kyla Ward (living)
  • Dave Warner (born 1953)
  • Kaaron Warren (living)
  • Judah Waten (1912–1985)
  • Xavier Waterkeyn (born 1965)
  • E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970)
  • Sam Watson (1952–2019)
  • Margaret Way (living)
  • Dvora Waysman (living)
  • Janeen Webb (born 1951)
  • Meredith Webber (living)
  • Archie Weller (born 1957)
  • Morris West (1916–1999)
  • Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901)
  • Kim Westwood (living)
  • Herb Wharton (born 1936)
  • Nadia Wheatley (born 1949)
  • Patrick White (1912–1990)
  • Paul White (1910–1992)
  • Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956)
  • Robert Whyte (born 1955)
  • Hugo Wilcken (living)
  • Kim Wilkins (born 1966)
  • Lili Wilkinson (born 1981)
  • Darren Williams (born 1967)
  • Ruth C. Williams (1897–1962)
  • Sean Williams (born 1967)
  • Anne Wilson (1848–1930)
  • Josephine Wilson
  • Rohan Wilson (living)
  • Ben Winch (born 1973)
  • Tara June Winch (born 1983)
  • Gerard Windsor (born 1944)
  • Tim Winton (born 1960)
  • Amy Witting (1918–2001)
  • Chris Womersley (born 1968)
  • Charlotte Wood (born 1965)
  • Danielle Wood (born 1972)
  • Joan Woodberry (1921–2010)
  • Sue Woolfe (born 1950)
  • Alexis Wright (born 1950)
  • June Wright (1919–2012)
  • Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010)
  • Henry Wrixon (1839–1913)
  • I. A. R. Wylie (1885–1959)

Y[]

Z[]

  • Arnold Zable (born 1947)
  • Markus Zusak (born 1975)
  • Matt Zurbo (born 1967)
  • Rose Zwi (1928–2018)
  • Fay Zwicky (1933–2017)


See also[]

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