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Bryce Courtney for story by Holly Byrnes. HIS storytelling captivated a nation, sending his novels to the top of the best-sellers list. But even speaking from beyond the grave, author Bryce Courtenay knew how to shock, revealing in his final TV interview to air today that he was ''excited about dying.
Best-selling Australian novelist Bryce Courtenay has died at the age of The author died at his Canberra home last night, surrounded by his family and pets, his family said. He had been ill with stomach cancer.