Yvonne Coady is a well-known Australian author. She has written a number of books, including:
* The Writing Life: A Writer's Diary
* The Last Resort
* The Glass House
* The Summer of the Peacock
* The Secret of the Silver Sword
* The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (translated by her from the German original by John Boyne)
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