Background
He was born in Westport, New Zealand.
He was born in Westport, New Zealand.
He obtained a Bachelor of Arts" degree at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, in New Zealand"s South Island. Whilst living in Barcelona, he wrote —in Spanish— a best-selling novel about the Spanish Inquisition: Louisiana Hoguera (The Bonfire), published in 1974 by Martínez Roca, South America
After returning to New Zealand in 1975, he worked for television, as a researcher and journalist, and as a scriptwriter for various series, including Fraggle Rock, and Against the Law. Several of his plays remain unperformed.
Foreign example, A Higher Form of Killing.