List of Australian novelists

This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there.

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• J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953)

• Azhar Abidi (born 1968)

• Francis Adams (1862–1893)

• Glenda Adams (1939–2007)

• Jennie Adams (born 1963)

• Debra Adelaide (born 1958)

• Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994)

• Malcolm Afford (1906–1954)

• Maggie Alderson (born 1959)

• James Aldridge (1918–2015)

• Jane Alison (born 1961)

• Chris Allen (born 1964)

• Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944)

• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958)

• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010)

• Jim Anderson (born 1937)

• Venero Armanno (born 1959)

• Lindsay Armstrong (living)

• Sarah Armstrong (born 1968)

• Keri Arthur (living)

• Oscar Asche (1871–1936)

• Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004)

• Melissa Ashley (born 1973)

• Kalinda Ashton (living)

• Leah Ashton (living)

• David Astle (born 1961)

• Thea Astley (1925–2004)

• Tilly Aston (1873–1947)

• Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994)

• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872)

• Bunty Avieson (born 1962)

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• Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013)

• Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013)

• Van Badham (born 1974)

• Murray Bail (born 1941)

• Allan Baillie (born 1943)

• Margaret Balderson (born 1935)

• Faith Bandler (1918–2015)

• Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)

• Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012)

• John Arthur Barry (1850–1911)

• Max Barry (born 1973)

• Catherine Bateson (born 1960)

• Alan Baxter (born 1970)

• John Baxter (born 1939)

• William Baylebridge (1883–1942)

• Barbara Baynton (1857–1929)

• Richard Beasley (born 1964)

• George Lewis Becke (1855–1913)

• Jean Bedford (born 1946)

• K. A. Bedford (born 1963)

• Randolph Bedford (1868–1941)

• George Beeby (1869–1942)

• Larissa Behrendt (born 1969)

• Diane Bell (born 1943)

• Herz Bergner (1907–1970)

• Patricia Bernard (born 1942)

• Helen Bianchin (born 1939)

• Barbara Biggs (born 1956)

• John B. Biggs (born 1934)

• Carmel Bird (born 1940)

• Winifred Birkett (1897–1966)

• John Birmingham (born 1964)

• Dora Birtles (1903–1992)

• K. J. Bishop (living)

• Emily Bitto (living)

• Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969)

• Estelle Blackburn (born 1950)

• Georgia Blain (1964–2016)

• Ally Blake (living)

• Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996)

• Capel Boake (1889–1944)

• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), Filipino expatriate

• Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008)

• Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826–1915)

• Ian Bone (born 1956)

• Alison Booth (living)

• Guy Boothby (1867–1905)

• Gillian Bouras (born 1945)

• Martin Boyd (1893–1972)

• Russell Braddon (1921–1995)

• James Bradley (born 1967)

• Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957)

• Lily Brett (born 1946)

• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003)

• Chris Broadribb (living)

• Damien Broderick (born 1944)

• Steve Brook (1934–2014), Polish-born journalist and satirical novelist

• Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)

• Karen Brooks (born 1954)

• Anne Brooksbank (born 1943)

• John Brosnan (1947–2005)

• Carter Brown (1923–1985)

• Honey Brown (living)

• Max Brown (1916–2003)

• Marshall Browne (1935–2014)

• Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958)

• Alyssa Brugman (born 1974)

• Anne Buist (living)

• Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1889)

• Janine Burke (born 1952)

• William Aubrey Burnage (1824–1902)

• Nathan Burrage (born 1971)

• Deborah Burrows (born 1959)

• Alex Buzo (1944–2006)

• Liz Byrski (born 1944)

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• Kathleen Caffyn (c. 1855–1926)

• Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996)

• Ada Cambridge (1844–1926)

• Marion May Campbell (born 1948)

• Alice Campion, pseudonym for group writing collaboratively since 2010

• Trudi Canavan (born 1969)

• Leslie Cannold (born 1970)

• Gabrielle Carey (1959–2023), Puberty Blues

• Peter Carey (born 1943)

• Patricia Carlon (1927–2002)

• Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)

• Jane Caro (born 1957)

• Steven Carroll (born 1949)

• Paul D. Carter (born 1980)

• Caroline Carver (born 1959)

• Jay Caselberg (born 1958)

• Deirdre Cash (1924–1963)

• Belinda Castles (born 1971)

• Brian Castro (born 1950)

• Nancy Cato (1917–2000)

• Nick Cave (born 1957)

• Arlene J. Chai (born 1955)

• Joy Chambers (born 1947)

• Nan Chauncy (1900–1970)

• Ellen Clacy (1830–1901)

• John Clanchy (born 1943)

• Margaret Clark (born 1942)

• Hugh V. Clarke (1919–1996)

• Marcus Clarke (1846–1881)

• James Clavell (1924–1994)

• Alan Clay (born 1954)

• Jon Cleary (1917–2010)

• Charmian Clift (1923–1969)

• Jane Clifton (born 1949)

• Robert Close (1903–1995)

• Constance Clyde (1872–1951)

• J. M. Coetzee (born 1940), South African-born, emigrated to Australia in 2002

• Bernard Cohen (born 1963)

• Alan Collins (1928–2008)

• Dale Collins (1897–1956)

• Jennifer Compton (born 1949)

• Matthew Condon (born 1962)

• Kate Constable (born 1966)

• Kenneth Cook (1929–1987)

• Selma Cook (born 1961)

• Beatriz Copello (living)

• Gary Corby (born 1963)

• Peter Corris (1942–2018)

• Colin Cotterill (born 1952)

• Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957)

• Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012)

• Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897)

• James Cowan (1942–2018)

• Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941)

• Alison Croggon (born 1962)

• Bernard Cronin (1884–1968)

• M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963)

• Zora Cross (1890–1964)

• Cath Crowley (born 1971)

• Sophie Cunningham (born 1963)

• Jean Curlewis (1898–1930)

• Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981)

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• John Bede Dalley (1876–1935)

• Trent Dalton (living)

• Eric Dando (born 1970)

• Stephen Dando-Collins

• Lilian Darcy (living)

• Eleanor Dark (1901–1985)

• Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living)

• Helen Darville (Helen Demidenko) (born 1972)

• Harriet Miller Davidson (1839–1883)

• Luke Davies (born 1962)

• Brooke Davis (born 1980)

• Frank Dalby Davison (1893–1970)

• Liam Davison (1957–2014)

• Ellen Davitt (1812–1879)

• Carlton Dawe (1865–1935)

• Gregory Day (living)

• Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969)

• Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972)

• Joel Deane (born 1969)

• Kathryn Deans (living), children's fantasy

• Meaghan Delahunt (born 1961)

• David Denholm (1924–1997)

• Kit Denton (1928–1997)

• Robert Dessaix (born 1944)

• Jessica Dettmann (living)

• James Devaney (1890–1976)

• Jean Devanny (1894–1962)

• Joyce Dingwell (1908–1997)

• Garry Disher (born 1949)

• András Domahidy (1920–2012)

• Bronwyn Donaghy (1948–2002)

• Albert Dorrington (1874–1953)

• Sara Douglass (1957–2011)

• Jon Doust (living)

• Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980)

• Sara Dowse (born 1938)

• Phil Doyle (born 1967)

• Simon Drake (born 1975)

• Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968)

• Robert Drewe (born 1943)

• Neal Drinnan (born 1964)

• Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961)

• Alasdair Duncan (born 1982)

• Susan Duncan (born 1951)

• Mary Durack (1913–1994)

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• Nick Earls (born 1963)

• Anthony Eaton (born 1972)

• Arabella Edge (living)

• Greg Egan (born 1961)

• Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956)

• M. Barnard Eldershaw, pseudonym for Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956) and Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987)

• Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991)

• Ben Elton (born 1959)

• Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981)

• Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969)

• Justine Ettler (born 1965)

• Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886)

• John K. Ewers (1904–1978)

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• Michel Faber (born 1960)

• Diane Fahey (born 1945)

• Colin Falconer (born 1953)

• Delia Falconer (born 1966)

• Kim Falconer (born 1954)

• Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952)

• Jennifer Fallon (born 1959)

• Margaret Fane (1887–1962)

• Beverley Farmer (1941–2018)

• Tracy Farr (born 1962)

• George Farwell (1911–1976)

• Annah Faulkner (living)

• Joanne Fedler (born 1967)

• Elizabeth Fensham (born 1953)

• Karen Lee Field (born 1961)

• Jeremy Fisher (born 1954)

• Helen FitzGerald (born 1966)

• Ross Fitzgerald (born 1944)

• John Flanagan (born 1944)

• Penny Flanagan (born 1970)

• Richard Flanagan (born 1961)

• William Fleming (1874–1961)

• Tom Flood (born 1955)

• Pat Flower (1914–1977)

• Mabel Forrest (1872–1935)

• Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995)

• Kate Forsyth (born 1966)

• Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911)

• David Foster (born 1944)

• Grant Foster (born 1945)

• Lynn Foster (1914–1985)

• Candice Fox (born 1985)

• Judith Fox (born 1959)

• Kathryn Fox (born 1966)

• Karen Foxlee (born 1971)

• David Francis (born 1958)

• Miles Franklin (1879–1954)

• Jackie French (born 1953)

• Peggy Frew (born 1976)

• James Fry (born 1982)

• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)

• Anna Funder (born 1966)

• Joseph Furphy (1843–1912)

• Sandy Fussell (born 1960)

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• Antonella Gambotto-Burke (born 1965)

• Nene Gare (1919–1994)

• Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014)

• Helen Garner (born 1942)

• Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009)

• Mary Gaunt (1861–1942)

• Susan Geason (born 1946)

• Nikki Gemmell (born 1966)

• Doris Gentile (1894–1972)

• Sulari Gentill (living)

• Leah Giarratano (living)

• Marcus Gibson (born 1973)

• Mollie Gillen (1908–2009)

• Samantha Gillison (born 1967)

• Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2011)

• Gerald Glaskin (1923–2000)

• Jane Godwin (born 1964)

• Alan Gold (1945–2024)

• Goldie Goldbloom (born 1964)

• Andrea Goldsmith (born 1950)

• Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974)

• Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951)

• Jane R. Goodall (born 1951)

• W. T. Goodge (1862–1909)

• Alison Goodman (born 1966)

• Kate Gordon (born 1982)

• Alan Gould (born 1949)

• Nat Gould (1857–1919)

• Nathaniel Gould (1857–1919)

• Janet Gover (living)

• Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952)

• Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971)

• Evan Green (1930–1996)

• John M. Green (born 1953)

• Kerry Greenwood (born 1954)

• Kate Grenville (born 1950)

• Andrew Griffiths (born c. 1966)

• Andy Griffiths (born 1961)

• Ann Grocott (born 1938)

• Alma De Groen (born 1941)

• Dick Gross (born 1954)

• Glenda Guest (living)

• Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961)

• Phillip Gwynne (born 1958)

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• Adrian d'Hagé (born 1946)

• Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860–1936)

• Rodney Hall (born 1935)

• Vic Hall (1896–1972)

• Marion Halligan (1940–2024)

• Rosalie Ham (born 1955)

• Alex Hammond (born 1975)

• Susan Hampton (born 1949)

• Barbara Hannay (living)

• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991)

• Derek Hansen (born 1944)

• J. M. Harcourt (1902–1971)

• Lee Harding (1937–2023)

• Traci Harding, (born 1964), fantasy

• Frank Hardy (1917–1994), Power Without Glory

• Lesbia Harford (1891–1927)

• Margaret Packham Hargrave (born 1941)

• Richard Harland (born 1947)

• Beverley Harper (1943–2002)

• Alexander Harris (1805–1874)

• Christine Harris (born 1955)

• Jennifer Harrison (born 1955)

• Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020)

• Sonya Hartnett (born 1968)

• John Harwood (born 1946)

• Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942)

• William Hay (1875–1945)

• Les Haylen (1898–1977)

• Simon Haynes (living)

• Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016)

• Jack Heath (born 1986)

• Ruth Hegarty (born 1929)

• Rolf Heimann (born 1940)

• Anita Heiss (born 1968)

• Lin Van Hek (born 1944)

• Norma K. Hemming (1928–1960)

• John David Hennessey (1847–1935)

• Sally Hepworth (born 1980)

• Xavier Herbert (1901–1984)

• Jason Herbison (born 1972)

• Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002)

• Kathryn Heyman (born 1965)

• Jack Hibberd (born 1940)

• Jennifer Higgie (living)

• Simon Higgins (born 1958)

• Ernestine Hill (1899–1972)

• Helen Hodgman (born 1945)

• Patrick Holland (born 1977)

• Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949)

• Chloe Hooper (born 1973)

• Sarah Hopkins

• Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942)

• Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016)

• Fergus Hume (1859–1932)

• Tom Hungerford (1915–2011)

• Bem Le Hunte (born 1964)

• Andrew Hutchinson (born 1979)

• Adrian Hyland (born 1954)

• M. J. Hyland (born 1968)

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• David Ireland (born 1927)

• Ian Irvine (born 1950)

• Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966)

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• Antoni Jach (born 1956)

• Linda Jaivin (born 1955)

• Florence James (1902–1993)

• Wendy James (born 1966)

• Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941)

• Trent Jamieson (living)

• Emma Jane (born 1969)

• Charlotte Jay (1919–1996)

• Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004)

• Kate Jennings (1948–2021)

• Paul Jennings (born 1943)

• Alexandra Joel (born 1953)

• Madeleine St John (1941–2006))

• Rebecca Johnson (born 1966)

• Susan Johnson (born 1956)

• Dorothy Johnston (born 1948)

• George Johnston (1912–1970)

• Martin Johnston (1947–1990)

• Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007)

• Gail Jones (born 1955)

• Margaret Jones (1923–2006)

• Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017)

• Rod Jones (born 1953)

• Toni Jordan (born 1966)

• Nicholas Jose (born 1952)

• Mireille Juchau (born 1969)

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• Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998)

• Louise Katz (living)

• Louis Kaye (1901–1981)

• Christopher Kelen (born 1958)

• Cate Kendall, pseudonym of Michelle Hamer and Lisa Blundell

• Thomas Keneally (born 1935)

• Cate Kennedy (born 1963)

• Chris Kennedy (1948–2013)

• Hannah Kent (born 1985)

• Christopher Kenworthy (born 1968)

• Michael Keon (1918–2006)

• Adib Khan (living)

• Paul Kidd (living)

• Robin Klein (born 1936)

• Elsa Klensch (1933–2022)

• Marion Knowles (1865–1949)

• Malcolm Knox (born 1966)

• Peter Kocan (born 1947)

• Christopher Koch (1932–2013)

• Will Kostakis (born 1989)

• Nigel Krauth (born 1949)

• Michelle de Kretser (born 1957)

• Torsten Krol (living)

• Ambelin Kwaymullina

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• Sofie Laguna (born 1968)

• Eric Lambert (1918–1966)

• Henry George Lamond (1885–1969)

• John Lang (1816–1864)

• Eve Langley (1904–1974)

• Coral Lansbury (1929–1991)

• Justine Larbalestier (born 1967)

• Glenda Larke (living)

• John Larkin (born 1963)

• Stephanie Laurens (born 1953)

• Will Lawson (1876–1957)

• Simone Lazaroo (born 1961)

• Bill Leak (1956–2017)

• Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881)

• Miranda Lee (living)

• Julia Leigh (born 1970)

• Marion Lennox (born 1953)

• Kathy Lette (born 1958)

• Robin Levett (1925–2008)

• Joan Lindsay (1896–1984)

• Norman Lindsay (1879–1969)

• Marie Lion (1855–1922)

• Sumner Locke (1881–1917)

• Hilary Lofting (1881–1939)

• Amanda Lohrey (born 1947)

• Kathryn Lomer (born 1958)

• Joan London (born 1948)

• Mic Looby (born 1969)

• Julienne van Loon (born 1970)

• Gabrielle Lord (born 1946)

• Angelo Loukakis (living)

• Lennie Lower (1903–1947)

• Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967)

• Dave Luckett (born 1951)

• Morris Lurie (1938–2014)

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• Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961)

• Michael MacConnell (living)

• J. E. Macdonnell (1917–2002)

• Louise Mack (1870–1935)

• Hugh Mackay (born 1938)

• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968)

• Kenneth (Seaforth) Mackenzie (1913–1955)

• Doug MacLeod (1959–2021)

• Anthony Macris (born 1962)

• Emily Maguire (born 1976)

• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949)

• Barry Maitland (born 1941)

• Angela Malone (born 1971)

• Shane Maloney (born 1953), crime fiction

• David Malouf (born 1934)

• Leonard Mann (1895–1981)

• Frederic Manning (1882–1935)

• Melina Marchetta (born 1965)

• Juliet Marillier (born 1948)

• John Marsden (born 1950)

• William Leonard Marshall (1944–2003)

• Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937)

• David Martin (1915–1997)

• Kain Massin (living)

• Olga Masters (1919–1986)

• Andrew Masterson (born 1961)

• Peter Mathers (1931–2004)

• Brian Matthews (born 1936)

• Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019)

• Constance Jane McAdam (1872–1951)

• Maxine McArthur (born 1962)

• Brett McBean (born 1978)

• A. L. McCann (born 1966)

• Andrew McCann (living)

• Mardi McConnochie (born 1971)

• George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927)

• Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890)

• Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)

• Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947)

• Kirstyn McDermott (living)

• Damian McDonald (born 1969)

• Nan McDonald (1921–1974)

• Roger McDonald (born 1941)

• Fiona McFarlane (born 1978)

• Andrew McGahan (1966–2019)

• Geoffrey McGeachin (born 1949)

• Fiona McGregor (born 1965)

• Michael McGuire

• Fiona McIntosh (born 1960)

• Edith McKay (1891–1963)

• Chuck McKenzie (born 1970)

• Ronald McKie (1909–1991)

• Tamara McKinley (born 1948)

• Rhyll McMaster (born 1947)

• Claire McNab (born 1940)

• James McQueen (1934–1998)

• Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962)

• Foz Meadows (born 1986)

• Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993)

• Gillian Mears (1964–2016)

• Wolla Meranda (1863–1951)

• Gwen Meredith (1907–2006)

• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895)

• Alex Miller (born 1936)

• Karen Miller (living)

• Jennifer Mills (born 1977)

• Paul Mitchell (born 1968)

• Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946)

• Ian Moffitt (1926–2000)

• James Moloney (born 1954)

• Scott Monk (born 1974)

• Josephine Moon (living)

• Ray Mooney (born 1945)

• Finola Moorhead (born 1947)

• Frank Moorhouse (born 1938)

• Michael Moran (born 1947)

• Sally Morgan (born 1951)

• Jaclyn Moriarty (born 1968)

• Liane Moriarty (born 1966)

• Heather Morris (born 1953)

• Myra Morris (1893–1966)

• John Morrison (1904–1998)

• Sally Morrison (born 1946)

• Di Morrissey (born 1948)

• Kate Morton (born 1976)

• Mudrooroo (1938–2019) (formerly Colin Johnson)

• Nina Murdoch (1890–1976)

• Gerald Murnane (born 1939)

• Sally Murphy (born 1968)

• Kirsty Murray (born 1960)

• Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962)

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• Jill Neville (1932–1997)

• Simpson Newland (1835–1925)

• Nerida Newton (born 1972)

• John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923)

• Harry Nicolaides (born 1967/1968)

• Karen Simpson Nikakis (living)

• D'Arcy Niland (1919–1967)

• Hume Nisbet (1849–1923)

• Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976)

• Michael Noonan (1921–2000)

• Louis Nowra (born 1950)

• Judy Nunn (born 1945)

• Malla Nunn (living)

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• Barry Oakley (born 1931)

• Elizabeth O'Conner (1913–2000)

• Andrew O'Connor (born 1978)

• Mary-Anne O'Connor (living)

• John O'Grady (1907–1981)

• Cassandra O'Leary (living)

• Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant (1862–1936)

• Kristina Olsson (born 1956)

• Anthony O'Neill (born 1964)

• Paddy O'Reilly (living)

• Kate Orman (born 1968)

• Stephen Orr (born 1967)

• Wendy Orr (born 1968), Canadian-born

• Joanne van Os (born 1955)

• Beatrice Osborn (1887–1962)

• Harrison Owen (1890–1966)

• June Duncan Owen (living)

• Boyd Oxlade (1943–2014)

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• Vance Palmer (1885–1959)

• Susan Parisi (born 1958)

• Ruth Park (1923–2010)

• Catherine Langloh Parker (c. 1855–1940)

• Julia Parker (born 1932)

• Favel Parrett (living)

• Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985)

• Valerie Parv (1951–2021)

• Judy Pascoe (living)

• A. S. Patrić (living)

• Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016)

• Brian Penton (1904–1951)

• Elliot Perlman (born 1964)

• Mary K. Pershall (born 1951)

• Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969)

• Hoa Pham (living)

• James Phelan (born 1979)

• Nancy Phelan (1913–2008)

• Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001)

• D.B.C. Pierre (born 1961)

• Geoffry Morgan Pike (1929–2018)

• Gillian Polack (born 1961)

• Dorothy Porter (1954–2008)

• Hal Porter (1911–1984)

• Rosa Praed (1851–1935)

• Ambrose Pratt (1874–1944)

• Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969)

• Alice Pung (born 1981)

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• Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)

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• Vivienne Rae-Ellis (1930–2015)

• Leslie Alfred Redgrave (1882–1956)

• Leigh Redhead (born 1971)

• Gayla Reid (born 1945)

• Matthew Reilly (born 1974)

• David Reiter (born 1947)

• Ethel Richardson (1870–1946)

• Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946)

• Christopher Ride (born 1965)

• Mirandi Riwoe (living)

• Peter Robb (born 1946)

• Gregory David Roberts (born 1952)

• Deborah Robertson (born 1959)

• Kel Robertson (born 1950s)

• Michael Robotham (born 1960)

• Luke Romyn (born 1975)

• Heather Rose (born 1964)

• Peter Rose (born 1955)

• Alice Grant Rosman (1882–1961)

• Jane Routley (born 1962)

• Jennifer Rowe (born 1948)

• Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

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• Eva Sallis (born 1964)

• Philip Salom (born 1950)

• Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987)

• G K Saunders (1910–2005)

• Henry Savery (1791–1842)

• Conrad Sayce (1888–1966)

• Mandy Sayer (born 1963)

• Wendy Scarfe (born 1933)

• Katherine Scholes (born 1959)

• George Firth Scott (1862–1935)

• John A. Scott (born 1948)

• Kim Scott (born 1957)

• Phillip Scott (born 1952)

• Rosie Scott (1948–2017)

• Stephen Sewell (born 1953)

• Alan Seymour (1927–2015)

• Thomas Shapcott (born 1935)

• Lionel Shave (1888–1954)

• Charles Herbert Shaw (1900–1955)

• Patricia Shaw (born 1929)

• Nevil Shute (1899–1960)

• Craig Silvey (born 1982)

• Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940)

• Lindsay Simpson (born 1957)

• Graeme Simsion (living)

• Tim Sinclair (born 1972)

• Gaele Sobott (born 1956)

• Edward Sorenson (1869–1939)

• Tracy Sorensen (living)

• Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910)

• Eleanor Spence (1928–2008)

• Ken Spillman (born 1959)

• Kimberley Starr (born 1970)

• Nicolette Stasko (born 1950)

• Christina Stead (1902–1983)

• Gordon Neil Stewart (1912–1999)

• Kathleen Stewart (born 1958)

• Dal Stivens (1911–1997)

• Louis Stone (1871–1935)

• Randolph Stow (1935–2010)

• Donald Stuart (1913–1983)

• Pat Studdy-Clift (1925–2017)

• Nike Sulway (born 1968)

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• Anna Tambour (living)

• Shaun Tan (born 1974)

• Cory Taylor (1955–2016)

• Kay Glasson Taylor (1893–1998)

• Keith Taylor (born 1946)

• Peter Temple (1946–2018)

• Kylie Tennant (1912–1988)

• Colin Thiele (1920–2006)

• Estelle Thompson (1930–2003)

• Holly Throsby (born 1978)

• Ric Throssell (1922–1999)

• F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979)

• Carrie Tiffany (born 1965)

• Harry Tighe (1877–1946)

• E. V. Timms (1895–1960)

• Steve Toltz (born 1972)

• Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003)

• P. L. Travers (1899–1996)

• Rachael Treasure (born 1968)

• Penelope Trevor (born 1960)

• Pepe Trevor (born 1960)

• Nigel Triffitt (1949–2012)

• Christos Tsiolkas (born 1965)

• Lee Tulloch (born 1954), Fabulous Nobodies

• John A. Tully (born 1947)

• Ethel Turner (1873–1958)

• George Turner (1916–1997)

• Lilian Turner (1867–1956)

U
• Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)

• Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948)

• Rod Usher (born 1946)

V
• Elise Valmorbida (living)

• Joanne van Os (born 1955)

• F. B. Vickers (1903–1985) (Frederick Bert)

• Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1873)

W
• Murray Waldren (living)

• Robert Wales (born 1962)

• Brenda Walker (born 1957)

• Joe Walker (1910–1971)

• Kath Walker (1920–1993)

• Lucy Walker (1907–1987)

• Sarah Walker (born 1965)

• Vivienne Wallington (born 1937)

• Kyla Ward (living)

• Dave Warner (born 1953)

• Kaaron Warren (living)

• Judah Waten (1912–1985)

• Xavier Waterkeyn (born 1965)

• E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970)

• Sam Watson (1952–2019)

• Margaret Way (living)

• Dvora Waysman (living)

• Janeen Webb (born 1951)

• Meredith Webber (living)

• Archie Weller (born 1957)

• Morris West (1916–1999)

• Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901)

• Kim Westwood (living)

• Herb Wharton (born 1936)

• Nadia Wheatley (born 1949)

• Patrick White (1912–1990)

• Paul White (1910–1992)

• Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956)

• Robert Whyte (born 1955)

• Hugo Wilcken (living)

• Kim Wilkins (born 1966)

• Lili Wilkinson (born 1981)

• Darren Williams (born 1967)

• Ruth C. Williams (1897–1962)

• Sean Williams (born 1967)

• Anne Wilson (1848–1930)

• Josephine Wilson (living)

• Rohan Wilson (living)

• Ben Winch (born 1973)

• Tara June Winch (born 1983)

• Gerard Windsor (born 1944)

• Tim Winton (born 1960)

• Amy Witting (1918–2001)

• Chris Womersley (born 1968)

• Charlotte Wood (born 1965)

• Danielle Wood (born 1972)

• Joan Woodberry (1921–2010)

• Sue Woolfe (born 1950)

• Alexis Wright (born 1950)

• June Wright (1919–2012)

• Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010)

• Henry Wrixon (1839–1913)

• I. A. R. Wylie (1885–1959)

Y
• Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)

• Peter Yeldham (born 1927)

• Helene Young (living)

• Ouyang Yu (born 1955), expatriate Chinese

Z
• Arnold Zable (born 1947)

• Markus Zusak (born 1975)

• Matt Zurbo (born 1967)

• Rose Zwi (1928–2018)

• Fay Zwicky (1933–2017)