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Christopher Koch
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Christopher Koch

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Christopher Koch is of Irish, English and German ancestry. For a good deal of his life he was a broadcasting producer, working for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney. He has lived and worked in London and elsewhere overseas. He has been a full-time writer since 1972, winning international praise and a number of awards for his novels - many of which are translated in a number of European countries.

His novel, The Year of Living Dangerously, was made into a successful Hollywood film starring Mel Gibson and nominated for a Golden Palm at Cannes in 1983.

Books by Christopher Koch

Out Of Ireland

This masterful novel tells the story of a man who suffers exile through fighting for the future of his people.

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The Memory Room

THE LATEST NOVEL FROM CHRISTOPHER KOCH, TWICE WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN AWARD

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