Question: The Australian novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River were made into a miniseries in 1991. Who was the books' author?

Context articles: Powell River Kings
Pierre-Luc Faubert
Max Fatchen
Cornwall River Kings
Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)
Alexandre Picard-Hooper
Yves Sarault
Sasha Pokulok
Éric Meloche
The River Kings

The Powell River Kings are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
 They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).
 They play their home games at Hap Parker Arena.
Pierre-Luc el Topper Faubert (born April 28, 1986) is a Canadian ice hockey semi-professional right winger who is currently playing for the Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH.
 He previously played with the Chicago Express of the ECHL.
Maxwell Edgar "Max" Fatchen, AM (3 August 192014 October 2012) was an Australian journalist and children's writer.
The Cornwall River Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada and members of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH).
 They played their home games at Ed Lumley Arena at the Cornwall Civic Complex.
 The team was also formerly known as the Windsor Wild of Windsor, Quebec before moving to Cornwall in 2012.
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1967 Australian historical fiction novel by Joan Lindsay.
 Its plot focuses on a group of female students at an Australian women's college in 1900 who inexplicably vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic.
 It also explores the outlying effects the disappearances have on the school and local community.
 The novel was first published in 1967 in Australia by Cheshire Publishing and was reprinted by Penguin in 1975.
 It is widely considered by critics to be one of the most important Australian novels of all time.
Alexandre Picard-Hooper (born May 25, 1987) is a Canadian financial advisor and former professional ice hockey player.
 He most recently played for the Cornwall River Kings of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) in the 2012–13 season.
Yves Victor Sarault (born December 23, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
 Sarault ended his career playing with the Cornwall River Kings of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
 He previously played in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Ottawa Senators, Atlanta Thrashers and the Nashville Predators.
 He is currently an assistant coach with HC Lausanne in the Swiss National League A.
Sasha Grenier Pokulok (born May 25, 1986 in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Québec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Cornwall River Kings of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey.
Éric Meloche (born May 1, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who last played in 2012–13 for the Cornwall River Kings of the LNAH.
 Meloche previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers.
 He is the son of former player Gilles Meloche.
The River Kings is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River by Max Fatchen.
 It had a budget of $3.5 million.