About Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally, of Irish extraction, was brought up in Australia and still lives in Sydney. His novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Confederates (which first led him to study nineteenth century American history). Schindler's Ark was later turned into as remarkable a film by Steven Spielberg under the title Schindler's List.
Novels
The Place at Whitton (1964)
The Fear (1965)
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
The Survivor (1969)
A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
Gossip from the Forest (1975)
Season in Purgatory (1976)
Victim of the Aurora (1977)
Ned Kelly and the City of Bees (1978)
Passenger (1979)
Confederates (1979)
The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
Bullie's House (1981)
Schindler's Ark (1982)
aka Schindler's List
A Family Madness (1985)
The Playmaker (1987)
Act of Grace (1988) (writing as William Coyle)
To Asmara (1989)
aka Towards Asmara
By the Line (1989)
Chief of Staff (1991) (writing as William Coyle)
Flying Hero Class (1991)
Woman of the Inner Sea (1992)
Jacko: The Great Intruder (1993)
A River Town (1995)
Bettany's Book (2000)
The Office of Innocence (2002)
The Tyrant's Novel (2004)
Widow and Her Hero (2007)
The People's Train (2009)
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
The Fear (1965)
Bring Larks and Heroes (1967)
Three Cheers for the Paraclete (1968)
The Survivor (1969)
A Dutiful Daughter (1971)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972)
Blood Red, Sister Rose (1974)
Gossip from the Forest (1975)
Season in Purgatory (1976)
Victim of the Aurora (1977)
Ned Kelly and the City of Bees (1978)
Passenger (1979)
Confederates (1979)
The Cut-Rate Kingdom (1980)
Bullie's House (1981)
Schindler's Ark (1982)
aka Schindler's List
A Family Madness (1985)
The Playmaker (1987)
Act of Grace (1988) (writing as William Coyle)
To Asmara (1989)
aka Towards Asmara
By the Line (1989)
Chief of Staff (1991) (writing as William Coyle)
Flying Hero Class (1991)
Woman of the Inner Sea (1992)
Jacko: The Great Intruder (1993)
A River Town (1995)
Bettany's Book (2000)
The Office of Innocence (2002)
The Tyrant's Novel (2004)
Widow and Her Hero (2007)
The People's Train (2009)
The Daughters of Mars (2012)
Non fiction
Moses the Lawgiver (1975)
Outback (1983)
Australia: Beyond the Dreamtime (1987) (with Patsy Adam-Smith, Robyn Davidson)
Now and In Time To Be: Ireland and the Irish (1992)
The Place Where Souls Are Born: A Journey to the Southwest (1992)
Memoirs from a Young Republic (1993)
The Utility Player: The Des Hasler Story (1993)
Our Republic (1995)
Homebush Boy: A Memoir (1995)
The Great Shame: A Story of the Irish in the Old World and the New (1998)
American Scoundrel: Love, War and Politics in 19th-century America (2002)
Lincoln (2002)
Dimsum Asia's Literary Journal (2005) (with Yu Hua)
The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Story of the Founding of Australia (2006)
Searching for Schindler (2008)
Australians: Origins to Eureka (2010)
Three Famines (2011)
Australians: Eureka to the Diggers (2012)
Outback (1983)
Australia: Beyond the Dreamtime (1987) (with Patsy Adam-Smith, Robyn Davidson)
Now and In Time To Be: Ireland and the Irish (1992)
The Place Where Souls Are Born: A Journey to the Southwest (1992)
Memoirs from a Young Republic (1993)
The Utility Player: The Des Hasler Story (1993)
Our Republic (1995)
Homebush Boy: A Memoir (1995)
The Great Shame: A Story of the Irish in the Old World and the New (1998)
American Scoundrel: Love, War and Politics in 19th-century America (2002)
Lincoln (2002)
Dimsum Asia's Literary Journal (2005) (with Yu Hua)
The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Story of the Founding of Australia (2006)
Searching for Schindler (2008)
Australians: Origins to Eureka (2010)
Three Famines (2011)
Australians: Eureka to the Diggers (2012)
Awards
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Thomas Keneally recommends
Painted Woman (1989) Sue Woolfe "Engrossing... such robust, unpitying and honest writing about women, that it becomes writing for everyone." | The Second Prison (1991) Ronan Bennett "What people love most about this book is what they love about LeCarre and Greene." | The Seduction of Silence (2000) Bem Le Hunte "The Seduction of Silence... does make you wonder, as with Rushdie and Mistry and others, whether all good modern writing has an essential connection with the Indian sub-continent? This tale is ample and fascinating." |
Carpentaria (2006) Alexis Wright "An Australia masterwork, one of those books which re-make a world anew... it will attract and excite readers the world over." | Sashenka (2008) Simon Montefiore "A furiously readable novel - it's hard to put SASHENKA down. SASHENKA is a brilliantly-plotted novel which brings home with unique intimacy the joys and hopes of Russian families, the Revolution, the horror of the Thirties - and a new generation's penetration of KGB files.... " | Rockin' the Bronx (2010) Larry Kirwan "Larry Kirwan writes with all the charm of his music. This is Angela's Ashes for a new generation." |
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