Diane Armstrong is a child Holocaust survivor from Poland who arrived in Australia with her parents in 1948. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author. Her first book, Mosaic, was short-listed for several major Australian literary awards. The Voyage of their Life was short-listed for the NSW Premier’s Award. Her first novel, Winter Journey, was short-listed for the Commonwealth Literary Award. Since then she has written five historical novels, all set during World War II. Her recent novel, The Wild Date Palm, is based on the true story of a Jewish family in Ottoman Palestine during World War 1.
Diane Armstrong
