Andrew McGahan

Marist College Ashgrove 1982-1983.

Published 11 novels, a book of short stories, two plays and one screen play.

Received the Vogel Award in 1991 for his first novel, Praise.

Received the Ned Kelly Award for Crime Writing for Last Drinks.

Received the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel for Wonders of a Godless World

The White Earth won the 2005 Miles Franklin Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Age Book of the Year, and Courier Mail Book of the Year.