J. M. Coetzeeโs works include Disgrace, Waiting for the Barbarians, Life & Times of Michael K, Foe, Slow Man, In the Heart of the Country, Elizabeth Costello, and The Childhood of Jesus. He has been awarded many prizes, including the Booker Prize (1983, 1999). In 2003, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Coetzee lives in Australia.