Mark Henshaw


Mark Henshaw is an Australian writer. He is best known for this 1988 post-modern novel Out of the Line of Fire which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and The Age Book of the Year Award.

Works

;As himselfOut of the Line of Fire The Snow Kimono
;As J. M. Calder If God Sleeps
  • ''And Hope to Die''

Personal life

Henshaw was born in Canberra, Australia in 1951. He grew up in a Catholic family, his father an RAAF engineer and subsequently a cartographer. He commenced studying medicine and music before attaining a double-honours degree in English and German. He worked at one time as curator of international prints at the National Gallery of Australia, having once been a tour guide there.