Michael John Noonan OAM (19 September 1921, in Sumner, near Christchurch, New Zealand – 5 March 2000, in Brisbane)[1] was an Australian / New Zealand novelist and radio script writer.
[2] Noonan served with the Second Australian Imperial Force in New Guinea during World War II.
[3] Noonan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for "service to the arts as an author of numerous novels, works of non-fiction, television scripts and plays".
[4] The beach, his favourite place,[citation needed] inspired most of his books.
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