Siobhan McHughSIOBHAN McHUGH is an acclaimed freelance writer and broadcaster. Her books on Australian social history have achieved both high sales and critical acclaim. They include The Snowy, about the multicultural workforce that built the Snowy Mountain hydro-electric scheme (winner of the NSW State Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 1990), Minefields and Miniskirts, the untold stories of Australian women in the Vietnam War, and Cottoning On, an investigation into cotton-growing in NSW (shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Awards, 1997). Currently she is co-writing a five-hour series on the Irish diaspora, The Irish Empire. This international co-production will be seen on SBS in 1999. Read More Read Less