• State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

Publisher of Nominated Edition
Allen & Unwin ISBN 1741141478

His father dead by fire and his mother plagued by demons of her own, William is cast upon the charity of his unknown uncle - an embittered old man encamped in the ruins of a once great station homestead, Kuran House. It's a baffling and sinister new world for the boy, a place of decay and secret histories. His uncle is obsessed by a long life of decline and by a dark quest for revival, his mother is desperate for a wealth and security she has never known, and all their hopes, it seems, come to rest upon William's young shoulders. But as the past and present of Kuran Station unravel and merge together, the price of that inheritance may prove to be the downfall of them all. The White Earth is a haunting, disturbing and cautionary tale.

Andrew McGahan was born in Dalby, Queensland, but has lived and worked mostly in Brisbane, Australia. His first novel Praise, published in 1992, was winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Since then his writing includes an award winning stage play (Bait) and the AFI award-winning screenplay for the movie version of Praise. His second novel was the prequel 1988, published in 1995, and his third novel Last Drinks was published in 2000. The White Earth won the 2005 Miles Franklin Literary Award.