Tim Winton

Tim Winton is an Australian writer and environmental activist whose work spans novels, children's books, short stories and memoir. He is best known for Cloudstreet, the 1991 novel that launched his career, and for Dirt Music, The Turning and Breath, along with the Lockie Leonard books. His most recent novel, Juice, came out in 2024, and his 2016 memoir was The Boy Behind the Curtain. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2023.