Steven Conte | |
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Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Sydney, New South Wales |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1992-present |
Notable works | The Zookeeper's War , "The Tolstoy Estate" |
Notable awards | Prime Minister's Literary Award |
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Steven Conte (born 1966) is an Australian novelist who won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction in 2008 for his novel The Zookeeper's War. His fiction has been published in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Ireland, as well as in translation in Spain, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands.
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