Thomas Keneally Wales in Sydney. In 1996 the State Library purchased this material from a private collector. Keneally has been awarded honorary doctorates including one from the National University of Ireland. Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is a prolific Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist. He is best known for writing "Schindler's Ark", the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982 which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Both Keneally's parents (Edmund Thomas Keneally and Elsie
Ambrose Schindler to select a more, at the time, stable career was because of his wife. Schindler loves surfing and bicycling and was an active surfer until age 75. He drives a Jaguar with a vanity license plate reading "X USC QB". He turned 100 in April 2017. Ambrose Schindler Ambrose "Amblin' Amby" Schindler (born April 22, 1917) is a former American collegiate football player, coach, and on-field official. He played college football for the University of Southern California. Schindler prepped at San Diego High School. A star quarterback for the USC Trojans, during the 1937 season he led the team in