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Tim Winton

Biography

Tim Winton

The preeminent Australian novelist of his generation, Tim Winton is the author of the bestselling CLOUDSTREET, THE RIDERS and DIRT MUSIC, among many other books. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for SHALLOWS, CLOUDSTREET, DIRT MUSIC and BREATH) and has twice been short-listed for the Booker Prize (for THE RIDERS and DIRT MUSIC). He lives in Western Australia.

Books by Tim Winton

Eyrie
by Tim Winton - Fiction

Once an ambitious, altruistic environmentalist, Tom Keely now finds himself broke, embroiled in scandal, and struggling to piece together some semblance of a life. From the heights of his urban high-rise apartment, he surveys the wreckage of his life and the world he's tumbled out of love with. Just before he descends completely into pills and sorrow, a woman from his past and her preternatural child appear, perched on the edge of disaster, desperate for help. When you're fighting to keep your head above water, how can you save someone else from drowning?