Tim Winton

Tim Winton was born on 4 August 1960 in Perth, in Subiaco, and grew up in Karrinyup, then in Albany. He studied writing at the Western Australian Institute of Technology. His first novel received the The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, reserved for unpublished manuscripts. He won the Miles Franklin Award four times, in 1984, 1992, 2002 and 2009, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1995, then again in 2002. Committed to protecting the coast and the sea, he received the Australian Society of Authors medal in 2003.

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