Family: Born May 21, 1949, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; immigrated to United States, 1983. Education: "Left school at seventeen--no qualifications." Politics: Liberal. Religion: Atheist. Addresses: Agent: Tom Wallace, Wallace Literary Agency, 177 East Seventieth St., New York, NY 10021.

• The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (novel), Crown, 1983.
• Heart of the Country (novel), Norton, 1986.
• Little Red Rooster (novel), New American Library, 1987.
• The Gold Flake Hydrant (novel; sequel to Little Red Rooster), New American Library, 1988.
• One True Thing (novel), Grove Weidenfeld, 1990.
• Power in the Blood, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1993.
• The Wisdom of Stones, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1994.
• Far from Heaven, Walker (New York, NY), 1997.
• Come to Dust, Walker (New York, NY), 1998.
• Red Earth, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.