Francis is the author of three novels, "The Great Inland Sea," published to acclaim in seven languages, "Stray
Dog Winter," winner of the American Library Association Barbara Gittings Prize for Literature, and, most
recently, "Wedding Bush Road." His short fiction has appeared in Harvard Review, Best Australian Stories
2012 and 2014, Australian Love Stories, Los Angeles Times, The Rattling Wall. He is Vice President of PEN
Center USA.