The shortlist for the 2009 National Biography Award has been announced.
The shortlisted works are:
I am Melba by Ann Blainey (Black Inc.)
Arthur Blackburn VC: An Australian Hero, His Men, and Their Two World Wars by Andrew Faulkner (Wakefield Press)
The Bone Man of Kokoda by Charles Happell (Macmillan)
The Flower Hunter: the Remarkable Life of Ellis Rowan by Christine and Michael Morton-Evans (S&S)
Desert Queen: The Many Lives and Loves of Daisy Bates by Susanna De Vries (HarperCollins)
Tom Wills: His Spectacular Rise and Fall by Greg de Moore (Allen & Unwin)
The award is judged by Louis Nowra, David Headon and Michael McGirr. The winner will be announced at 11am, Monday 30 March at the State Library of NSW.
