Pagineborn 1960 · Perth, Western Australia · also known as Winton
Tim Winton writes about the coast, families and working-class life in Western Australia in rich, salty prose. Cloudstreet (1991), the story of two families sharing a big old house in Perth over twenty years, is regularly voted Australia’s favourite novel; Dirt Music and Breath followed. He has won the Miles Franklin Award four times.
Begin with Cloudstreet.
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Tim Winton writes about the coast, families and working-class life in Western Australia in rich, salty prose. Cloudstreet (1991), the story of two families sharing a big old house in Perth over twenty years, is regularly voted Australia’s favourite novel; Dirt Music and Breath followed.
Cloudstreet is usually considered Tim Winton’s best-known work, followed by Breath, Dirt Music.
Most readers start with Cloudstreet.
Both refer to the same writer.
Tim Winton’s books are still under copyright, so they are not free to download, but many can be borrowed free from your public library or Open Library — we link to them below.