Thomas Keneally 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 Margaret Coyle) were born to Irish fathers in the timber and dairy town of Kempsey, New South Wales, and, though born in Sydney, his early years were also spent
Richard Thomas (author) Festival , Story Studio Chicago , LitReactor.com , and his own classes (online) . Richard Thomas (author) Richard Thomas (born November 21, 1967) is an American author. His focus is on neo-noir fiction, typically including elements of violence, mental instability, breaks in reality, unreliable narrators, and tragedies. His work is rich in setting and sensory details—often called maximalism. It has also been called transgressive and grotesque. He was Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press (2012-2016) and is currently Editor-in-Chief of "Gamut Magazine". Thomas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Webster Groves. He earned a Bachelor of Science