Cirrus@Austlit

'Louis Nowra is one of Australia’s major writers. He has written plays, film and radio scripts, as well as fiction, essays, memoir and libretti, and his publishing list comprises dozens of works. Plays such as Radiance, Summer of the Aliens and Così have been performed and filmed and studied for decades, while his fiction was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin award. He characteristically focuses on unlikely communities, renegade spirits and fugitive moments of grace. His Lewis Trilogy of plays – Summer of the Aliens, Così and This Much Is True – has just opened at SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney, in a production by Griffin Theatre Company.' (Introduction)