Barry Oakley

Barry Kingham Oakley (born 24 February 1931) is an Australian writer.

Biography Born in Melbourne, Oakley was educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda, and the University of Melbourne.

From 1988 to 1997, Oakley was literary editor of The Australian newspaper.

Plays From the Desk of Eugene Flockhart (1966) Witzenhausen, Where Are You? (1968) A Lesson in English (1976) It's a Chocolate World Cullity on Furniture The Feet of Daniel Mannix Beware of Imitations Bedfellows (1975) The Ship's Whistle (1978) Marsupials (1979) Scanlan (1980) Beware of Imitations (1985) Music (2012)

Novels A Wild Ass of a Man (1967) A Salute to the Great McCarthy (1970) – filmed as The Great Macarthy (1975) Let's Hear it for Prendergast (1971) Craziplane (1989) Don't Leave Me (2002)

Non-fiction Minitudes: Diaries 1974-1997 (2000) Mug Shots: A Memoir (2013)