This is a list of novelists living in Australia or publishing significantly while living there.

A

• J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953) • Azhar Abidi (born 1968) • Francis Adams (1862–1893) • Glenda Adams (1939–2007) • Jennie Adams (born 1963) • Debra Adelaide (born 1958) • Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994) • Malcolm Afford (1906–1954) • Maggie Alderson (born 1959) • James Aldridge (1918–2015) • Jane Alison (born 1961) • Chris Allen (born 1964) • Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944) • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958) • Jessica Anderson (1916–2010) • Jim Anderson (born 1937) • Venero Armanno (born 1959) • Lindsay Armstrong (living) • Sarah Armstrong (born 1968) • Keri Arthur (born 1967) • Oscar Asche (1871–1936) • Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004) • Melissa Ashley (born 1973) • Kalinda Ashton (living) • Leah Ashton (living) • David Astle (born 1961) • Thea Astley (1925–2004) • Tilly Aston (1873–1947) • Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994) • Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872) • Bunty Avieson (born 1962)

B

• Thomas Alexander Browne.jpg • Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013) • Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013) • Van Badham (born 1974) • Murray Bail (born 1941) • Allan Baillie (born 1943) • Margaret Balderson (born 1935) • Faith Bandler (1918–2015) • Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987) • Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012) • John Arthur Barry (1850–1911) • Max Barry (born 1973) • Catherine Bateson (born 1960) • Alan Baxter (born 1970) • John Baxter (born 1939) • William Baylebridge (1883–1942) • Barbara Baynton (1857–1929) • Richard Beasley (born 1964) • George Lewis Becke (1855–1913) • Jean Bedford (born 1946) • K. A. Bedford (born 1963) • Randolph Bedford (1868–1941) • George Beeby (1869–1942) • Larissa Behrendt (born 1969) • Diane Bell (born 1943) • Herz Bergner (1907–1970) • Patricia Bernard (born 1942) • Helen Bianchin (born 1939) • Barbara Biggs (born 1956) • John B. Biggs (born 1934) • Carmel Bird (born 1940) • Winifred Birkett (1897–1966) • John Birmingham (born 1964) • Dora Birtles (1903–1992) • K. J. Bishop (living) • Emily Bitto (living) • Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969) • Estelle Blackburn (born 1950) • Georgia Blain (1964–2016) • Ally Blake (living) • Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996) • Capel Boake (1889–1944) • Merlinda Bobis (born 1959), Filipino expatriate • Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008) • Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne) (1826–1915) • Ian Bone (born 1956) • Alison Booth (living) • Guy Boothby (1867–1905) • Gillian Bouras (born 1945) • Martin Boyd (1893–1972) • Russell Braddon (1921–1995) • James Bradley (born 1967) • Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957) • Lily Brett (born 1946) • Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003) • Chris Broadribb (living) • Damien Broderick (born 1944) • Steve Brook (1934–2014), Polish-born journalist and satirical novelist • Geraldine Brooks (born 1955) • Karen Brooks (born 1954) • Anne Brooksbank (born 1943) • John Brosnan (1947–2005) • Carter Brown (1923–1985) • Honey Brown (living) • Max Brown (1916–2003) • Marshall Browne (1935–2014) • Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958) • Alyssa Brugman (born 1974) • Anne Buist (living) • Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1889) • Janine Burke (born 1952) • William Aubrey Burnage (1824–1902) • Nathan Burrage (born 1971) • Deborah Burrows (born 1959) • Alex Buzo (1944–2006) • Liz Byrski (born 1944)

C

• Ada-Cambridge.jpg • Kathleen Caffyn (c. 1855–1926) • Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996) • Ada Cambridge (1844–1926) • Marion May Campbell (born 1948) • Alice Campion, pseudonym for group writing collaboratively since 2010 • Trudi Canavan (born 1969) • Leslie Cannold (born 1970) • Gabrielle Carey (1959–2023), Puberty Blues • Peter Carey (born 1943) • Patricia Carlon (1927–2002) • Isobelle Carmody (born 1958) • Jane Caro (born 1957) • Steven Carroll (born 1949) • Paul D. Carter (born 1980) • Caroline Carver (born 1959) • Jay Caselberg (born 1958) • Deirdre Cash (1924–1963) • Belinda Castles (born 1971) • Brian Castro (born 1950) • Nancy Cato (1917–2000) • Nick Cave (born 1957) • Arlene J. Chai (born 1955) • Joy Chambers (born 1947) • Nan Chauncy (1900–1970) • Ellen Clacy (1830–1901) • John Clanchy (born 1943) • Margaret Clark (born 1942) • Hugh V. Clarke (1919–1996) • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881) • James Clavell (1924–1994) • Alan Clay (born 1954) • Jon Cleary (1917–2010) • Charmian Clift (1923–1969) • Jane Clifton (born 1949) • Robert Close (1903–1995) • Constance Clyde (1872–1951) • J. M. Coetzee (born 1940), South African-born, emigrated to Australia in 2002 • Bernard Cohen (born 1963) • Alan Collins (1928–2008) • Dale Collins (1897–1956) • Jennifer Compton (born 1949) • Matthew Condon (born 1962) • Kate Constable (born 1966) • Kenneth Cook (1929–1987) • Selma Cook (born 1961) • Beatriz Copello (living) • Gary Corby (born 1963) • Peter Corris (1942–2018) • Colin Cotterill (born 1952) • Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957) • Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012) • Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897) • James Cowan (1942–2018) • Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941) • Alison Croggon (born 1962) • Bernard Cronin (1884–1968) • M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963) • Zora Cross (1890–1964) • Cath Crowley (born 1971) • Sophie Cunningham (born 1963) • Jean Curlewis (1898–1930) • Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981)

D

• Eleanor Dark.jpg • John Bede Dalley (1876–1935) • Trent Dalton (living) • Eric Dando (born 1970) • Stephen Dando-Collins • Lilian Darcy (living) • Eleanor Dark (1901–1985) • Cecilia Dart-Thornton (living) • Helen Darville (Helen Demidenko) (born 1972) • Harriet Miller Davidson (1839–1883) • Luke Davies (born 1962) • Brooke Davis (born 1980) • Frank Dalby Davison (1893–1970) • Liam Davison (1957–2014) • Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) • Carlton Dawe (1865–1935) • Gregory Day (living) • Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969) • Dulcie Deamer (1890–1972) • Joel Deane (born 1969) • Kathryn Deans (living), children's fantasy • Meaghan Delahunt (born 1961) • David Denholm (1924–1997) • Kit Denton (1928–1997) • Robert Dessaix (born 1944) • Jessica Dettmann (living) • James Devaney (1890–1976) • Jean Devanny (1894–1962) • Joyce Dingwell (1908–1997) • Garry Disher (born 1949) • András Domahidy (1920–2012) • Bronwyn Donaghy (1948–2002) • Albert Dorrington (1874–1953) • Sara Douglass (1957–2011) • Jon Doust (living) • Ceridwen Dovey (born 1980) • Sara Dowse (born 1938) • Phil Doyle (born 1967) • Simon Drake (born 1975) • Henrietta Drake-Brockman (1901–1968) • Robert Drewe (born 1943) • Neal Drinnan (born 1964) • Ursula Dubosarsky (born 1961) • Alasdair Duncan (born 1982) • Susan Duncan (born 1951) • Mary Durack (1913–1994)

E

• Nick Earls (born 1963) • Anthony Eaton (born 1972) • Arabella Edge (living) • Greg Egan (born 1961) • Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956) • M. Barnard Eldershaw, pseudonym for Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956) and Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987) • Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991) • Ben Elton (born 1959) • Edith Mary England (1899–1979/1981) • Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969) • Justine Ettler (born 1965) • Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886) • John K. Ewers (1904–1978)

F

• Miles franklin.jpg • Michel Faber (born 1960) • Diane Fahey (born 1945) • Colin Falconer (born 1953) • Delia Falconer (born 1966) • Kim Falconer (born 1954) • Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952) • Jennifer Fallon (born 1959) • Margaret Fane (1887–1962) • Beverley Farmer (1941–2018) • Tracy Farr (born 1962) • George Farwell (1911–1976) • Annah Faulkner (living) • Joanne Fedler (born 1967) • Elizabeth Fensham (born 1953) • Karen Lee Field (born 1961) • Jeremy Fisher (born 1954) • Helen FitzGerald (born 1966) • Ross Fitzgerald (born 1944) • John Flanagan (born 1944) • Penny Flanagan (born 1970) • Richard Flanagan (born 1961) • William Fleming (1874–1961) • Tom Flood (born 1955) • Pat Flower (1914–1977) • Mabel Forrest (1872–1935) • Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995) • Kate Forsyth (born 1966) • Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911) • David Foster (born 1944) • Grant Foster (born 1945) • Lynn Foster (1914–1985) • Candice Fox (born 1985) • Judith Fox (born 1959) • Kathryn Fox (born 1966) • Karen Foxlee (born 1971) • David Francis (born 1958) • Miles Franklin (1879–1954) • Jackie French (born 1953) • Peggy Frew (born 1976) • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946) • Anna Funder (born 1966) • Joseph Furphy (1843–1912) • Sandy Fussell (born 1960)

G

• Antonella Gambotto-Burke (born 1965) • Nene Gare (1919–1994) • Doris Pilkington Garimara (1937–2014) • Helen Garner (born 1942) • Catherine Gaskin (1929–2009) • Mary Gaunt (1861–1942) • Susan Geason (born 1946) • Nikki Gemmell (born 1966) • Doris Gentile (1894–1972) • Sulari Gentill (living) • Leah Giarratano (living) • Marcus Gibson (born 1973) • Mollie Gillen (1908–2009) • Samantha Gillison (born 1967) • Ruby Langford Ginibi (1934–2011) • Gerald Glaskin (1923–2000) • Jane Godwin (born 1964) • Alan Gold (1945–2024) • Goldie Goldbloom (born 1964) • Andrea Goldsmith (born 1950) • Anna Goldsworthy (born 1974) • Peter Goldsworthy (born 1951) • Jane R. Goodall (born 1951) • W. T. Goodge (1862–1909) • Alison Goodman (born 1966) • Kate Gordon (born 1982) • Alan Gould (born 1949) • Nat Gould (1857–1919) • Nathaniel Gould (1857–1919) • Janet Gover (living) • Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952) • Richard Harry Graves (1897–1971) • Evan Green (1930–1996) • John M. Green (born 1953) • Kerry Greenwood (born 1954) • Kate Grenville (born 1950) • Andrew Griffiths (born c. 1966) • Andy Griffiths (born 1961) • Ann Grocott (born 1938) • Alma De Groen (born 1941) • Dick Gross (born 1954) • Glenda Guest (living) • Mrs Aeneas Gunn (Jeannie Gunn) (1870–1961) • Phillip Gwynne (born 1958)

H

• Xavier Herbert.PNG • Adrian d'Hagé (born 1946) • Alfred Arthur Greenwood Hales (1860–1936) • Rodney Hall (born 1935) • Vic Hall (1896–1972) • Marion Halligan (1940–2024) • Rosalie Ham (born 1955) • Alex Hammond (born 1975) • Susan Hampton (born 1949) • Barbara Hannay (living) • Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991) • Derek Hansen (born 1944) • J. M. Harcourt (1902–1971) • Lee Harding (1937–2023) • Traci Harding, (born 1964), fantasy • Frank Hardy (1917–1994), Power Without Glory • Lesbia Harford (1891–1927) • Margaret Packham Hargrave (born 1941) • Richard Harland (born 1947) • Beverley Harper (1943–2002) • Alexander Harris (1805–1874) • Christine Harris (born 1955) • Jennifer Harrison (born 1955) • Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020) • Sonya Hartnett (born 1968) • John Harwood (born 1946) • Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942) • William Hay (1875–1945) • Les Haylen (1898–1977) • Simon Haynes (living) • Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016) • Jack Heath (born 1986) • Ruth Hegarty (born 1929) • Rolf Heimann (born 1940) • Anita Heiss (born 1968) • Lin Van Hek (born 1944) • Norma K. Hemming (1928–1960) • John David Hennessey (1847–1935) • Sally Hepworth (born 1980) • Xavier Herbert (1901–1984) • Jason Herbison (born 1972) • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002) • Kathryn Heyman (born 1965) • Jack Hibberd (1940–2024) • Jennifer Higgie (living) • Simon Higgins (born 1958) • Ernestine Hill (1899–1972) • Helen Hodgman (born 1945) • Patrick Holland (born 1977) • Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949) • Chloe Hooper (born 1973) • Sarah Hopkins • Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942) • Shirley Fenton Huie (1924–2016) • Fergus Hume (1859–1932) • Tom Hungerford (1915–2011) • Bem Le Hunte (born 1964) • Andrew Hutchinson (born 1979) • Adrian Hyland (born 1954) • M. J. Hyland (born 1968)

I

• David Ireland (born 1927) • Ian Irvine (born 1950) • Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966)

J

• Antoni Jach (born 1956) • Linda Jaivin (born 1955) • Florence James (1902–1993) • Wendy James (born 1966) • Winifred Lewellin James (1876–1941) • Trent Jamieson (living) • Emma Jane (born 1969) • Charlotte Jay (1919–1996) • Barbara Jefferis (1917–2004) • Kate Jennings (1948–2021) • Paul Jennings (born 1943) • Alexandra Joel (born 1953) • Madeleine St John (1941–2006)) • Rebecca Johnson (born 1966) • Susan Johnson (born 1956) • Dorothy Johnston (born 1948) • George Johnston (1912–1970) • Martin Johnston (1947–1990) • Elizabeth Jolley (1923–2007) • Gail Jones (born 1955) • Margaret Jones (1923–2006) • Rae Desmond Jones (1941–2017) • Rod Jones (born 1953) • Toni Jordan (born 1966) • Nicholas Jose (born 1952) • Mireille Juchau (born 1969)

K

• Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998) • Louise Katz (living) • Louis Kaye (1901–1981) • Christopher Kelen (born 1958) • Cate Kendall, pseudonym of Michelle Hamer and Lisa Blundell • Thomas Keneally (born 1935) • Cate Kennedy (born 1963) • Chris Kennedy (1948–2013) • Hannah Kent (born 1985) • Christopher Kenworthy (born 1968) • Michael Keon (1918–2006) • Adib Khan (living) • Paul Kidd (living) • Robin Klein (born 1936) • Elsa Klensch (1933–2022) • Marion Knowles (1865–1949) • Malcolm Knox (born 1966) • Peter Kocan (born 1947) • Christopher Koch (1932–2013) • Will Kostakis (born 1989) • Nigel Krauth (born 1949) • Michelle de Kretser (born 1957) • Torsten Krol (living) • Ambelin Kwaymullina

L

• Norman Lindsay 1931.jpg • Sofie Laguna (born 1968) • Eric Lambert (1918–1966) • Henry George Lamond (1885–1969) • John Lang (1816–1864) • Eve Langley (1904–1974) • Coral Lansbury (1929–1991) • Justine Larbalestier (born 1967) • Glenda Larke (living) • John Larkin (born 1963) • Stephanie Laurens (born 1953) • Will Lawson (1876–1957) • Simone Lazaroo (born 1961) • Bill Leak (1956–2017) • Caroline Woolmer Leakey (1827–1881) • Miranda Lee (living) • Julia Leigh (born 1970) • Marion Lennox (born 1953) • Kathy Lette (born 1958) • Robin Levett (1925–2008) • Joan Lindsay (1896–1984) • Norman Lindsay (1879–1969) • Marie Lion (1855–1922) • Sumner Locke (1881–1917) • Hilary Lofting (1881–1939) • Amanda Lohrey (born 1947) • Kathryn Lomer (born 1958) • Joan London (born 1948) • Mic Looby (born 1969) • Julienne van Loon (born 1970) • Gabrielle Lord (born 1946) • Angelo Loukakis (living) • Lennie Lower (1903–1947) • Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967) • Dave Luckett (born 1951) • Morris Lurie (1938–2014)

M

• David Malouf.JPG • Mary-Rose MacColl (born 1961) • Michael MacConnell (living) • J. E. Macdonnell (1917–2002) • Louise Mack (1870–1935) • Hugh Mackay (born 1938) • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968) • Kenneth (Seaforth) Mackenzie (1913–1955) • Doug MacLeod (1959–2021) • Anthony Macris (born 1962) • Emily Maguire (born 1976) • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) • Barry Maitland (born 1941) • Angela Malone (born 1971) • Shane Maloney (born 1953), crime fiction • David Malouf (born 1934) • Leonard Mann (1895–1981) • Frederic Manning (1882–1935) • Melina Marchetta (born 1965) • Juliet Marillier (born 1948) • John Marsden (born 1950) • William Leonard Marshall (1944–2003) • Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1847–1937) • David Martin (1915–1997) • Kain Massin (living) • Olga Masters (1919–1986) • Andrew Masterson (born 1961) • Peter Mathers (1931–2004) • Brian Matthews (born 1936) • Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019) • Constance Jane McAdam (1872–1951) • Maxine McArthur (born 1962) • Brett McBean (born 1978) • A. L. McCann (born 1966) • Andrew McCann (living) • Mardi McConnochie (born 1971) • George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927) • Georgiana Huntly McCrae (1804–1890) • Colleen McCullough (1937–2015) • Sandy McCutcheon (born 1947) • Kirstyn McDermott (living) • Damian McDonald (born 1969) • Nan McDonald (1921–1974) • Roger McDonald (born 1941) • Fiona McFarlane (born 1978) • Andrew McGahan (1966–2019) • Geoffrey McGeachin (born 1949) • Fiona McGregor (born 1965) • Michael McGuire • Fiona McIntosh (born 1960) • Edith McKay (1891–1963) • Chuck McKenzie (born 1970) • Ronald McKie (1909–1991) • Tamara McKinley (born 1948) • Rhyll McMaster (born 1947) • Claire McNab (born 1940) • James McQueen (1934–1998) • Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962) • Foz Meadows (born 1986) • Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993) • Gillian Mears (1964–2016) • Wolla Meranda (1863–1951) • Gwen Meredith (1907–2006) • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895) • Alex Miller (born 1936) • Karen Miller (living) • Jennifer Mills (born 1977) • Paul Mitchell (born 1968) • Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946) • Ian Moffitt (1926–2000) • James Moloney (born 1954) • Scott Monk (born 1974) • Josephine Moon (living) • Ray Mooney (born 1945) • Finola Moorhead (born 1947) • Frank Moorhouse (born 1938) • Michael Moran (born 1947) • Sally Morgan (born 1951) • Jaclyn Moriarty (born 1968) • Liane Moriarty (born 1966) • Heather Morris (born 1953) • Myra Morris (1893–1966) • John Morrison (1904–1998) • Sally Morrison (born 1946) • Di Morrissey (born 1948) • Kate Morton (born 1976) • Mudrooroo (1938–2019) (formerly Colin Johnson) • Nina Murdoch (1890–1976) • Gerald Murnane (born 1939) • Sally Murphy (born 1968) • Kirsty Murray (born 1960) • Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962)

N

• Jill Neville (1932–1997) • Simpson Newland (1835–1925) • Nerida Newton (born 1972) • John Henry Nicholson (1838–1923) • Harry Nicolaides (born 1967/1968) • Karen Simpson Nikakis (living) • D'Arcy Niland (1919–1967) • Hume Nisbet (1849–1923) • Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976) • Michael Noonan (1921–2000) • Louis Nowra (born 1950) • Judy Nunn (born 1945) • Malla Nunn (living)

O

• Barry Oakley (born 1931) • Elizabeth O'Conner (1913–2000) • Andrew O'Connor (born 1978) • Mary-Anne O'Connor (living) • John O'Grady (1907–1981) • Cassandra O'Leary (living) • Ernest Henry Clark Oliphant (1862–1936) • Kristina Olsson (born 1956) • Anthony O'Neill (born 1964) • Paddy O'Reilly (living) • Kate Orman (born 1968) • Stephen Orr (born 1967) • Wendy Orr (born 1968), Canadian-born • Joanne van Os (born 1955) • Beatrice Osborn (1887–1962) • Harrison Owen (1890–1966) • June Duncan Owen (living) • Boyd Oxlade (1943–2014)

P

• Vance Palmer (1885–1959) • Susan Parisi (born 1958) • Ruth Park (1923–2010) • Catherine Langloh Parker (c. 1855–1940) • Julia Parker (born 1932) • Favel Parrett (living) • Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985) • Valerie Parv (1951–2021) • Judy Pascoe (living) • A. S. Patrić (living) • Pyotr Patrushev (1942–2016) • Brian Penton (1904–1951) • Elliot Perlman (born 1964) • Mary K. Pershall (born 1951) • Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969) • Hoa Pham (living) • James Phelan (born 1979) • Nancy Phelan (1913–2008) • Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001) • D.B.C. Pierre (born 1961) • Geoffry Morgan Pike (1929–2018) • Gillian Polack (born 1961) • Dorothy Porter (1954–2008) • Hal Porter (1911–1984) • Rosa Praed (1851–1935) • Ambrose Pratt (1874–1944) • Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969) • Alice Pung (born 1981)

Q

• Roderic Quinn (1867–1949)

R

• HHRichardson.jpg • Vivienne Rae-Ellis (1930–2015) • Leslie Alfred Redgrave (1882–1956) • Leigh Redhead (born 1971) • Gayla Reid (born 1945) • Matthew Reilly (born 1974) • David Reiter (born 1947) • Ethel Richardson (1870–1946) • Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946) • Christopher Ride (born 1965) • Mirandi Riwoe (living) • Peter Robb (born 1946) • Gregory David Roberts (born 1952) • Deborah Robertson (born 1959) • Kel Robertson (born 1950s) • Michael Robotham (born 1960) • Luke Romyn (born 1975) • Heather Rose (born 1964) • Peter Rose (born 1955) • Alice Grant Rosman (1882–1961) • Jane Routley (born 1962) • Jennifer Rowe (born 1948) • Tracy Ryan (born 1964)

S

• Catherine Helen Spence.jpg • Eva Sallis (born 1964) • Philip Salom (born 1950) • Dorothy Lucy Sanders (1907–1987) • G K Saunders (1910–2005) • Henry Savery (1791–1842) • Conrad Sayce (1888–1966) • Mandy Sayer (born 1963) • Wendy Scarfe (born 1933) • Katherine Scholes (born 1959) • George Firth Scott (1862–1935) • John A. Scott (born 1948) • Kim Scott (born 1957) • Phillip Scott (born 1952) • Rosie Scott (1948–2017) • Stephen Sewell (born 1953) • Alan Seymour (1927–2015) • Thomas Shapcott (born 1935) • Lionel Shave (1888–1954) • Charles Herbert Shaw (1900–1955) • Patricia Shaw (born 1929) • Nevil Shute (1899–1960) • Craig Silvey (born 1982) • Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940) • Lindsay Simpson (born 1957) • Graeme Simsion (living) • Tim Sinclair (born 1972) • Gaele Sobott (born 1956) • Edward Sorenson (1869–1939) • Tracy Sorensen (living) • Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910) • Eleanor Spence (1928–2008) • Ken Spillman (born 1959) • Kimberley Starr (born 1970) • Nicolette Stasko (born 1950) • Christina Stead (1902–1983) • Gordon Neil Stewart (1912–1999) • Kathleen Stewart (born 1958) • Dal Stivens (1911–1997) • Louis Stone (1871–1935) • Randolph Stow (1935–2010) • Donald Stuart (1913–1983) • Pat Studdy-Clift (1925–2017) • Nike Sulway (born 1968)

T

• Anna Tambour (living) • Shaun Tan (born 1974) • Cory Taylor (1955–2016) • Kay Glasson Taylor (1893–1998) • Keith Taylor (born 1946) • Peter Temple (1946–2018) • Kylie Tennant (1912–1988) • Colin Thiele (1920–2006) • Estelle Thompson (1930–2003) • Holly Throsby (born 1978) • Ric Throssell (1922–1999) • F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979) • Carrie Tiffany (born 1965) • Harry Tighe (1877–1946) • E. V. Timms (1895–1960) • Steve Toltz (born 1972) • Glen Tomasetti (1929–2003) • P. L. Travers (1899–1996) • Rachael Treasure (born 1968) • Penelope Trevor (born 1960) • Pepe Trevor (born 1960) • Nigel Triffitt (1949–2012) • Christos Tsiolkas (born 1965) • Lee Tulloch (born 1954), Fabulous Nobodies • John A. Tully (born 1947) • Ethel Turner (1873–1958) • George Turner (1916–1997) • Lilian Turner (1867–1956)

U

• Arthur Upfield (1890–1964) • Jessie Urquhart (1890–1948) • Rod Usher (born 1946)

V

• Elise Valmorbida (living) • Joanne van Os (born 1955) • F. B. Vickers (1903–1985) (Frederick Bert) • Mary Theresa Vidal (1815–1873)

W

• Murray Waldren (living) • Robert Wales (born 1962) • Brenda Walker (born 1957) • Joe Walker (1910–1971) • Kath Walker (1920–1993) • Lucy Walker (1907–1987) • Sarah Walker (born 1965) • Vivienne Wallington (born 1937) • Kyla Ward (living) • Dave Warner (born 1953) • Kaaron Warren (living) • Judah Waten (1912–1985) • Xavier Waterkeyn (born 1965) • E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970) • Sam Watson (1952–2019) • Margaret Way (living) • Dvora Waysman (living) • Janeen Webb (born 1951) • Meredith Webber (living) • Archie Weller (born 1957) • Morris West (1916–1999) • Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901) • Kim Westwood (living) • Herb Wharton (born 1936) • Nadia Wheatley (born 1949) • Patrick White (1912–1990) • Paul White (1910–1992) • Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956) • Robert Whyte (born 1955) • Hugo Wilcken (living) • Kim Wilkins (born 1966) • Lili Wilkinson (born 1981) • Darren Williams (born 1967) • Ruth C. Williams (1897–1962) • Sean Williams (born 1967) • Anne Wilson (1848–1930) • Josephine Wilson (living) • Rohan Wilson (living) • Ben Winch (born 1973) • Tara June Winch (born 1983) • Gerard Windsor (born 1944) • Tim Winton (born 1960) • Amy Witting (1918–2001) • Chris Womersley (born 1968) • Charlotte Wood (born 1965) • Danielle Wood (born 1972) • Joan Woodberry (1921–2010) • Sue Woolfe (born 1950) • Alexis Wright (born 1950) • June Wright (1919–2012) • Patricia Wrightson (1921–2010) • Henry Wrixon (1839–1913) • I. A. R. Wylie (1885–1959)

Y

• Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964) • Peter Yeldham (born 1927) • Helene Young (living) • Ouyang Yu (born 1955), expatriate Chinese

Z

• Arnold Zable (born 1947) • Markus Zusak (born 1975) • Matt Zurbo (born 1967) • Rose Zwi (1928–2018) • Fay Zwicky (1933–2017)