Artist
Jon Cleary
Jon Stephen Cleary (1917-2010) was an Australian writer and novelist who authored numerous books. His work includes the 1951 novel The Sundowners, which presents a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s moving from one job to another. He also wrote the 1966 novel The High Commissioner, which launched a popular series of detective stories featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. Several of Cleary's works have also been adapted for film and television.
