Tom Griffiths

Tom Griffiths is a writer and historian whose work has won prizes in literature, history, science, politics and journalism, including the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History and the Douglas Stewart and Nettie Palmer Prizes for Non-Fiction.

His books include The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft, Hunters and Collectors, Forests of Ash: An Environmental History and Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica. His latest book, published in 2026, is Alice’s dreaming. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the Australian National University.