Andrew McGahan was born in Dalby, Queensland, and died in Victoria
in 2019 at age fifty-two.
His first novel, Praise (1992), won the 1991 Australian/Vogel's
Literary Award and the regional prize for best first book in the
Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His second novel was the prequel 1988
(1995), and his third novel, Last Drinks (2000), was shortlisted
for multiple awards, including The Age Book of the Year and the
Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award, and won a Ned Kelly Award for
Crime Writing.
In 2004, The White Earth was published and won the 2005 Miles
Franklin Literary Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the
South East Asia and South Pacific Region, The Age Book of the Year
(Fiction) and the Courier-Mail Book of the Year Award. It was also
shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
McGahan's fifth novel, Underground, was published in 2006 and was
shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Literary Award for fiction
and for the Aurealis Award. In 2009. Wonders of a Godless World was
published to acclaim and won the Aurealis Award. His final novel,
The Rich Man's House, will be published in 2019.
McGahan's award-winning writing also includes stage plays and the
screenplay for the movie version of Praise.
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