LOUIS NOWRA was born in Melbourne. He is the author of such plays as INNER VOICES, VISIONS, INSIDE THE ISLAND, SUNRISE, THE GOLDEN AGE, CAPRICORNIA, BYZANTINE FLOWERS, SUMMER OF THE ALIENS, COSI, RADIANCE, THE TEMPLE, CROW, THE INCORRUPTIBLE, THE JUNGLE, THE LANGUAGE OF THE GODS and THE BOYCE TRILOGY.
He has written six non-fiction works, THE CHEATED, WARNE‘S WORLD, WALKABOUT, CHIHUAHUAS, WOMEN AND ME, BAD DREAMING, Woolloomooloo: a biography and most recently, KINGS CROSS: A BIOGRAPHY. His novels are THE MISERY OF BEAUTY, PALU, RED NIGHTS, ABAZA, ICE, INTO THAT FOREST and, most recently, THE PRINCE OF AFGHANISTAN. His two memoirs are THE TWELFTH OF NEVER and SHOOTING THE MOON.
Some of his radio plays include ALBERT NAMES EDWARD, ECHO POINT, THE SONG ROOM, SYDNEY, THE DIVINE HAMMER, FAR NORTH, JEZ and THE LIGHT OF DARKNESS. He wrote the telemovies DISPLACED PERSONS, HUNGER and THE LIZARD KING and created the TV series THE LAST RESORT and THE STRAITS.
His screen credits include MAP OF THE HUMAN HEART, COSI, HEAVEN’S BURNING, THE MATCHMAKER, RADIANCE, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER and BLACK AND WHITE. He was co-writer of the documentary series FIRST AUSTRALIANS.
Louis’s latest play, This Much is True, premiered at the Old Fitz in 2017 and his Collected Stories came out in 2019.
He lives in Sydney and is married to the writer Mandy Sayer.
