Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda, and again forTrue History of the Kelly Gang . His other honors include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The author of seven previous novels and a collection of stories, he was born in Australia in 1943 and now lives in ...

Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda, and again forTrue History of the Kelly Gang . His other honors include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. The author of seven previous novels and a collection of stories, he was born in Australia in 1943 and now lives in New York City.