Peter Goldsworthy

Peter Goldsworthy
Born1951 (age 74–75)
Education
RelativesAnna Goldsworthy (daughter)
Websitepetergoldsworthy.com

Peter David Goldsworthy AM (born 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti. He is known for his novels Maestro, Honk If You Are Jesus, and Three Dog Night.

Goldsworthy began his writing life as a poet, as described in his 2013 comic memoir, His Stupid Boyhood, and regards poetic principles as the basis of all his writing.