Awards

• Long-listed for Walkley Non-Fiction Book Award 2015.
• Short-listed for Queensland Literary Awards, University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award 2015 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2016 (Australia)
• Short-listed for Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction 2016 (Australia)
• Shortlisted for Queensland Literary Awards: University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award 2015.
• Shortlisted for Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction 2016.
• Winner of Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2016.
• Winner of National Biography Award 2016.

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'Brenda Niall works up an engaging and fascinating portrait, seen through Mannix's involvement in key political and religious controversies. For readers interested in the political and cultural life of Australia during the first half of the 20th century, Niall's highly readable biography will reward handsomely.' Books & Publishing 'With characteristic insight, sensitivity, and tact, Niall confirms that Daniel Mannix is a major, if elusive, figure in the modern history of Australia, Ireland, and the Catholic Church...a balanced and convincing account of Mannix's life and times.' Australian Book Review 'Brenda Niall's central challenge was to uncover the personal face of Mannix from his public speeches...She does this modestly and penetratingly, raising questions and looking for consistencies and surprises.' Catholic News 'This is the best life of Mannix we have, superior to other attempts...Writing from inside the Melbourne Catholic experience, Brenda Niall shows how people's affection for Mannix muted their criticisms of him-even if they knew better. This is one of the significant strengths of a rich book.' Global Pulse 'I should say that I expected to take my time over this biography, as I usually do, reading a chapter every other day. But not so, I could not put it down.' ANZ LitLovers

'Brenda Niall works up an engaging and fascinating portrait, seen through Mannix's involvement in key political and religious controversies. For readers interested in the political and cultural life of Australia during the first half of the 20th century, Niall's highly readable biography will reward handsomely.' Books & Publishing

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Brenda Niall is one of Australia's foremost biographers. She is the author of several award-winning biographies, including her acclaimed accounts of the Boyd family and her portrait of the Durack sisters, True North. In 2016 she won the Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal and the National Biography Award for Mannix. In 2004 she was awarded the Order of Australia for 'services to Australian literature, as an academic, biographer and literary critic'.

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