Bryce Courtenay

Award-winning author

Bryce Courtenay was an Australian author and screenwriter. He was born in 1935 in South Africa. He moved to Australia in 1963 and became a naturalized citizen. He started writing novels at the age of 52 and went on to write 21 books in 23 years. His debut novel The Power of One became a bestseller and sold millions of copies. He was awarded the Australian Literary Society Gold Medal and the Commonwealth Writers' Priz...