Gillian Mears

Gillian Mears\'s most recent book is Foal\'s Bread, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award. Foal\'s Bread was reviewed by Gillian Dooley in ABR\'s November 2011 issue. Mears\'s novel The Mint Lawn won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1990, and she has received the Commonwealth Writers\' Prize twice. (Photograph by Shannon Hemmings.)