About+the+Author


 * The author of this movie is Thomas Keneally. He was born in Sydney Australia in 1935 to a Christian family. He started studying theological studies for the Catholic priesthood in 1958. In 1964 he published his first novel called //__ The place of Whitton. __// At that time when the novel was being published he was a elementary teacher, while having a part-time job on the side as a insurance collector. He was a very busy man during this time, he was doing three jobs at once. He was married to Judith Martin in 1965. He had two daughters and they were born in 1966 and 1967. **