Career
Born in New Plymouth, he was the younger brother of noted New Zealand short story writer O. East. Middleton. Blind, he said this gave him a "special perspective but "without limitation"", and has been attributed to the "strong metaphoric colour, sensual - often erotic - quality and lush verbal richness of his writing". A full list of his publications can be seen at the University of Auckland"s New Zealand Literature file and more biographical information is at the New Zealand Book Council"s website.