Gerald Murnane

Gerald Murnane, one of Australia's most highly-regarded authors, has published ten volumes of fiction, including Tamarisk Row, Inland, Barley Patch, and A History of Books, and a collection of essays, Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs. He is a recipient of the Patrick White Literary Award, the Melbourne Prize for Literature, the Adelaide Festival Literature Award for Innovation, and an Emeritus Fellowship from the Literature Board of the Australia Council. He lives in Victoria, Australia.