The Crying Forest

Venero Armanno was born in Brisbane, Australia to Sicilian migrant parents. He is the author of a book of short stories and nine critically acclaimed novels. His books have been published in USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Israel and South Korea. He has travelled widely and lived for a year and a half in Paris. Veny is also a trained screenwriter and teaches creative writing at the University of Queensland.

James is an award-winning actor who has performed on stages and screens throughout Australia, Europe and the Americas. His work in film and TV includes Animal Kingdom, The Turning, Offspring, Winners and Losers, The Doctor Blake Mysteries and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. James has also worked across radio documentary and drama, spanning 17 years and counting.