Praise

Andrew McGahan published his first book Praise in 1992. His other novels included 1988, Last Drinks, Underground, the Ship Kings series, and The Rich Man's House. He received the Miles Franklin and the Commonwealth Writers' prize in 2005 for The White Earth and the Aurealis Award for Wonders of a Godless World. He won the Matilda prize for his 1992 play Bait. He also wrote a collection of children's short stories entitled Treasures of the Deep. He died from pancreatic cancer on February 1, 2019 at the age of 52.

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