Tom Flood

For the Scottish footballer, see Tom Flood (footballer).

Tom Flood
Born	17 May 1955 Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Occupation	Novelist and musician
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Notable works	Oceana Fine
Notable awards	Miles Franklin Award
Years active	1988 -

Tom Flood (born 17 May 1955) is an Australian novelist, editor, manuscript assessor, songwriter and musician. Tom Flood was born in Sydney in New South Wales, the son of writer Dorothy Hewett and grew up in Western Australia.

His novel Oceana Fine won the 1988 Australian/Vogel Literary Award and he has since been confined to mainly short stories.

Awards

Australian/Vogel Literary Award, Oceana Fine, 1988
Miles Franklin Award, Oceana Fine, 1990
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, Oceana Fine, 1990

Works

Novels

Oceana Fine (1989)

Drama

Model Citizen (1993)

Reviews

Oceana Fine
- Westerly, Sept. 1990, p. 93-94
- West Australian, 22 October 1988, Weekend p. XI

External links

Countercharacter 4 (from Septimus Grout)

Recipients of the Miles Franklin Literary Award

1957–1975	Patrick White (1957) Randolph Stow (1958) Vance Palmer (1959) Elizabeth O'Conner (1960) Patrick White (1961) Thea Astley / George Turner (1962) Sumner Locke Elliott (1963) George Johnston (1964) Thea Astley (1965) Peter Mathers (1966) Thomas Keneally (1967) Thomas Keneally (1968) George Johnston (1969) Dal Stivens (1970) David Ireland (1971) Thea Astley (1972) No award (1973) Ronald McKie (1974) Xavier Herbert (1975)

1976–2000	David Ireland (1976) Ruth Park (1977) Jessica Anderson (1978) David Ireland (1979) Jessica Anderson (1980) Peter Carey (1981) Rodney Hall (1982) No award (1983) Tim Winton (1984) Christopher Koch (1985) Elizabeth Jolley (1986) Glenda Adams (1987) No award (1988) Peter Carey (1989) Tom Flood (1990) David Malouf (1991) Tim Winton (1992) Alex Miller (1993) Rodney Hall (1994) Helen Demidenko (1995) Christopher Koch (1996) David Foster (1997) Peter Carey (1998) Murray Bail (1999) Thea Astley / Kim Scott (2000)

2001–present	Frank Moorhouse (2001) Tim Winton (2002) Alex Miller (2003) Shirley Hazzard (2004) Andrew McGahan (2005) Roger McDonald (2006) Alexis Wright (2007) Steven Carroll (2008) Tim Winton (2009) Peter Temple (2010) Kim Scott (2011) Anna Funder (2012) Michelle de Kretser (2013) Evie Wyld (2014) Sofie Laguna (2015) A. S. Patrić (2016)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 73026884

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