# List of Australian novelists

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

* 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 (born 1967)
* Oscar Asche (1871–1936)
* Helen Asher (1927–2001)
* 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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## B

* 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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* E
* F
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## C

* 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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* E
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## D

* 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
* Michelle de Kretser (born 1957)
* 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 (1951–2024)
* Mary Durack (1913–1994)
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## E

* 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)
* Will Elliott (born 1979)
* 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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## F

* 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)
* Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946)
* Anna Funder (born 1966)
* Joseph Furphy (1843–1912)
* Sandy Fussell (born 1960)
* A
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* C
* D
* E
* F
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## G

* 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)
* 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)
* A
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* E
* F
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## H

* 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 (1940–2024)
* 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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## I

* David Ireland (born 1927)
* Ian Irvine (born 1950)
* Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966)
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* C
* D
* E
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* H
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## J

* 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)
* A
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* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
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## K

* 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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* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
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## L

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
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## M

* 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 (1950–2024)
* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
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## N

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
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* H
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## O

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
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## P

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
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* M
* N
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* Y
* Z

## Q

* Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
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## R

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
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* Y
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## S

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
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* M
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## T

* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
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* Q
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* Y
* Z

## U

* Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)
* Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948)
* Rod Usher (born 1946)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
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* M
* N
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* Y
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## V

* Elise Valmorbida (living)
* Joanne van Os (born 1955)
* F. B. Vickers (1903–1985) (Frederick Bert)
* Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1873)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
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* X
* Y
* Z

## W

* Murray Waldren (living)
* Robert Wales (born 1962)
* Brenda Walker (1957–2024)
* 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)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
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* Y
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## Y

* Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964)
* Peter Yeldham (born 1927)
* Helene Young (living)
* Ouyang Yu (born 1955), expatriate Chinese
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
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* Q
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* U
* V
* W
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* Y
* Z

## Z

* Arnold Zable (born 1947)
* Markus Zusak (born 1975)
* Matt Zurbo (born 1967)
* Rose Zwi (1928–2018)
* Fay Zwicky (1933–2017)
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
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