G.B. WALES. Hay. Peter Carey (Australian), author was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, in 1943.

In 1988 Oscar and Lucinda, won the prestigious Booker McConnell prize for that year. Around 1990 Carey moved to New York City, where he completed much of The Tax Inspector (1991) and wrote The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994) and Jack Maggs (1997). He currently lives in New York City with his family, and teaches creative writing part time at New York University. 1998