Peter Carey

1943–

Australian novelist born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. He briefly studied science at Monash University before working in advertising in Melbourne, London and Sydney. His first novel, Bliss (1981), was followed by Illywhacker. He won the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda in 1988 and again in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang, and has won the Miles Franklin Award three times. He moved to New York in 1990 and directed the MFA programme at Hunter College. Parrot and Olivier in America, loosely inspired by the life of Alexis de Tocqueville, was shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize.

Timeline of Peter Carey’s life

Works

• True History of the Kelly Gang (2000)
• Theft: A Love Story (2006)
• Parrot and Olivier in America (2009)

Prizes

• Parrot and Olivier in America — The Booker Prize 2010: Shortlist, Longlist
• Theft: A Love Story — The Booker Prize 2006: Longlist
• True History of the Kelly Gang — The Booker Prize 2001: Winner, Shortlist, Longlist