Mark Henshaw

Mark Henshaw (born 1951) ^[1] is an Australian writer. He is best known for this 1988 post-modern novel Out of the Line of Fire which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and The Age Book of the Year Award. ^[2]

Works

As himself

• Out of the Line of Fire (Penguin, 1988)
• The Snow Kimono (Text Publishing, 2014)

As J. M. Calder (co-written with John Clanchy)

• If God Sleeps (Penguin, 1997)
• And Hope to Die (2007)

Personal life

Henshaw was born in Canberra, Australia in 1951. ^[1] He grew up in a Catholic family, his father an RAAF engineer and subsequently a cartographer. He commenced studying medicine and music before attaining a double-honours degree in English and German. He worked at one time as curator of international prints at the National Gallery of Australia, having once been a tour guide there. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Mark Henshaw". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
2. Wyndham, Susan (5 September 2014). "26 years after his acclaimed first novel Mark Henshaw explains the hiatus in his writing life". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
3. Lee, Nicole (28 August 2014). "The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw review – a philosophical puzzle". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 October 2025.