The shortlisted works for the 2005 National Biography Award have been announced.
Those works are:
Inside Out by Robert Adamson
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
The Boy in the Green Suit by Robert Hillman
Midnight Water by Gaylene Perry
Sparrow Garden by Peter Skrzynecki
This award was established in 1996 and run under the auspices of the State Library of New South Wales. Prize money was increased last year to $A15,000. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, March 2, 2005.