Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist and actor, born 7 October 1935. He is best known for Schindler's Ark, a historical novel about Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. His other novels include The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, and Schindler's Ark later became the basis for Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List.