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NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021 WINNER

The State Library of NSW surveys compelling biographies of trailblazers and survivors alongside raw-edged memoirs by debut authors for the 2021 National Biography Award, the richest prize in Australia for biography and life stories.

NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021
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UGLY

A Bikie's Life

Phil 'Ugly' Mawson

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The Boy From Long Gully

Australia's unsung hero from the...

Wilson McOrist

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Daring to Fly

The TV star on facing fear and finding...

Lisa Millar

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Lowitja

The authorised biography of Lowitja...

Stuart Rintoul

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The Accidental Prime Minister

Annika Smethurst

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The Silence Between Us

A Mother and Daughter's Conversation...

Oceane Campbell

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Lies, Damned Lies

A personal exploration of the impact...

Claire G. Coleman

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My Friend Fox

Heidi Everett

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Malachy

A father's story of love, laughter...

Dominic Frawley

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Courage Under Fire

Daniel Keighran, VC

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A Glorious Ride

From Jumble Plains to Eternity

Tony Mclellan

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My Body Keeps Your Secrets

Lucia Osborne-Crowley

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All About Yves

Notes from a transition

Yves Rees

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Ten Thousand Aftershocks

Michelle Tom

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King of the Air

The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford...

Ann Blainey

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Blessed

The Breakout Year of Rampaging Roy...

John Doyle

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Dissolve

Nikki Gemmell

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Last Shot

A Coming-of-Age Memoir of Addiction,...

Jock Zonfrillo

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Killing Time

Short stories from the long road...

Jimmy Barnes

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Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ

Australia's 'Mission Girl' Annie...

Catherine Bishop

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Muddy People

A Memoir

Sara El Sayed

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The girl who left

From Croatia to the canefields

Debra Gavranich

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The Education of Young Donald Trilogy

Including Confessions of a New Boy...

Donald Horne

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28

A memoir of football, addiction,...

Brandon Jack

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The Keeper of Miracles

Phillip Maisel

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Soldiers' Tales

Volume 1 & 2: A Collection of True...

Denny Neave

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Second Innings

On men, mental health and cricket...

Barry Nicholls

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Breathing Through a Straw

Mark William Sheehan

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Recipe for a Kinder Life

Annie Smithers

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Roots

Home is Who We Are: Voices from...

SBS Emerging Writers' Competition

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The Mother Wound

Amani Haydar

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Power Play

Breaking Through Bias, Barriers...

Julia Banks

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The Coffin Confessor

Bill Edgar

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Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud

Mehreen Faruqi

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Labor People

The Stories of Six True Believers...

Chris Bowen

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The Brilliant Boy

Doc Evatt and the Great Australian...

Gideon Haigh

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Daughter of The River Country

Dianne O'Brien

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A Week in September

A story of enduring love from the...

Peter Rees

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Late Bloomer

How an Autism Diagnosis Changed...

Clem Bastow

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Gentle and Fierce

Vanessa Berry

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Courage and Compassion

A Stretcher-bearer's Journey from...

Don Farrands QC

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Happy Endings

Bella Green

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The Great Australian Loneliness

Ernestine Hill

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Life After

A Testament to Human Resilience,...

Evonne Madden

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Soar

A Life Freed by Dance

David McAllister

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Life as Art

The Biographical Writing of Hazel...

Della Rowley

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SHARPEST

The Biography of Martin Sharp -...

Lowell Tarling

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The School

The ups and downs of one year in...

Brendan James Murray

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The Platoon Commander

John O'Halloran

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A Father's Plea

Kamalle Dabboussy

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It's Not All Roses

Memories of People, a Restaurant...

Jenny Ferguson

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House of Kwa

Mimi Kwa

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Good Indian Daughter

Ruhi Lee

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Lovers and Others

Tom Lowenstein

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No One Listens to Your Dad's Show

From Number One to No One

Christian O'Connell

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A Paper Inheritance

Dymphna Stella Rees

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In My Defence, I Have No Defence

Sinead Stubbins

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Everything Harder Than Everyone Else

Why Some of Us Push Our Bodies to...

Jenny Valentish

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Survivor

Life in the SAS

Mark Wales

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