Robert Drewe was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1943. He grew up and was educated in Western Australia where he took up journalism with the West Australian in 1961. He was literary editor for the Australian from 1971 to 1974. He won the Walkley Award (Australia's highest such award) for journalism in 1976 and 1981. He currently lives in Sydney.
Novels
The Savage Crows (1976)
A Cry in the Jungle Bar (1979)
Fortune (1986)
Our Sunshine (1991)
The Drowner (1996)
Ned Kelly (2004)
Grace (2005)
Whipbird (2017)
A Cry in the Jungle Bar (1979)
Fortune (1986)
Our Sunshine (1991)
The Drowner (1996)
Ned Kelly (2004)
Grace (2005)
Whipbird (2017)
Collections
The Bodysurfers (1983)
The Bay of Contented Men (1991)
The Rip (2008)
The True Colour of the Sea (2018)
The Bay of Contented Men (1991)
The Rip (2008)
The True Colour of the Sea (2018)
Anthologies edited
The Picador Book of the Beach (1993)
aka The Penguin Book of the Beach
The Penguin Book of the City (1997)
aka The Penguin Book of the Beach
The Penguin Book of the City (1997)
Non fiction show
Robert Drewe recommends
Field of Poppies (2019)
Carmel Bird
"A lust feast of wit and wisdom. Writing so rich you simply want to devour it."
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