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Michael Sala

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Michael Sala was born in the Netherlands in 1975 to a Greek father and a Dutch mother, and first came to Australia in the 1980s. He lives in Newcastle. His critically acclaimed debut, The Last Thread, won the 2013 NSW Premier's Award for New Writing and was the regional winner (Pacific) of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize.

Books by Michael Sala

The Restorer

Longlisted for the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Michael Sala’s The Restorer is an explosive and powerful story one troubled family’s attempts to rebuild their broken lives.

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The Last Thread

Beginning with memory’s first fragments, The Last Thread traces a boy’s journey into adulthood against a backdrop of family secrets, betrayals and unhealed wounds.

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