Tom Flood

Tom Flood (born 17 May 1955) is an Australian novelist. Tom Flood was born in Sydney in New South Wales, the son of writer Dorothy Hewett and grew up in Western Australia.

He has produced few works in his career, which started with a multi-award winning novel, and has since been confined to mainly short stories.

Awards

*Australian/Vogel Literary Award, "Oceana Fine", 1988
*Miles Franklin Award, "Oceana Fine", 1990
*Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, "Oceana Fine", 1990

Works

Novels
* "Oceana Fine" (1989)

Drama
*"Model Citizen" (1993)

Reviews

* Oceana Fine
** Westerly, Sept. 1990, p.93-94
** West Australian, 22 Oct. 1988, Weekend p.XI

External links

* [http://www.saltpublishing.com/saltmagazine/issues/01/text/Flood_Tom_01.htm Countercharacter 4 ("from" Septimus Grout)]

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