Career
He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa. He currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria.
He trained as a radio journalist and has travelled extensively to such places as India, South-East Asia, South America, North America, and West Africa. He currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria.
1998, The Australian Short Story Competition: commended for "Men and Women" 2006, Victorian Premier"s Literary Award, Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript by an Emerging Victorian Writer: shortlisted for The Low Road 2007, Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize: winner for "The Possibility of Water" 2008, Ned Kelly for Crime Writing, Best First Novel: winner for The Low Road 2011, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Gold Medal: shortlisted for Bereft 2011, Miles Franklin Award, shortlisted for "Bereft".
