Andrew McGahan
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Andrew McGahan (born 1966) is an Australian novelist. Born in Dalby, Queensland, the ninth of ten children, he was educated at the local school and then at Marist College Ashgrove for years 11 and 12. He commenced an Arts degree at the University of Queensland but dropped out after only one month to return home to work on the family wheat farm.
His first novel, Praise, won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1991, a success that launched him on a full-time writing career.
He currently lives in Victoria and in his spare time has become quite an accomplished cook. He plans to release a cook book in the not too distant future, of broadly Asian Cuisine.
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[edit] Awards
McGahan has won numerous literary awards, including:
| The Miles Franklin Award | The White Earth, 2005 |
| The Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region | The White Earth, 2005 |
| The Age Book of the Year Fiction (or Imaginative Writing) Award | The White Earth, 2005 |
| Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award | The White Earth, 2004 |
| Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing Best First Crime Novel | Last Drinks, 2001[1] |
| The Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Film Script - the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award | Praise, 2000 |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Praise, 1991 |
| International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award | The White Earth, 2005 longlisted |
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Novels
[edit] Drama
- Bait (1992)
[edit] Screenplay
- Praise (2000)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ned Kelly Awards. Australian Crime Fiction Database. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
