Tom Keneally is one of Australia’s best-known and most beloved writers. A seminarian who didn’t become a priest, a sometime teacher and lecturer, his first novel The place at Whitton was published in 1964 and has been followed by over thirty other novels including Man Booker Prize winner Schindler’s Ark on his fourth nomination for the award. He had been nominated for several Miles Franklin awards and won twice, and received a special award in the New South Wales Premier Literary Awards in 2008. Keneally is also a writer of non-fiction and drama.