Winton, Tim

TIM WINTON, the pre-eminent Australian novelist of his generation, is the author of the bestselling Cloudstreet, The Riders and Dirt Music, among many other books. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.