The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith

Peter Carey is the multi-award-winning author of eight novels, plus two highly acclaimed collections of short stories and a memoir. His books have won or been shortlisted for every major literary award in Australia. He has won the Booker Prize twice – in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang and in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda. In 1998 he won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Jack Maggs, and again in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang. In 2007 he won the NSW Premier's Award and the Victorian Premier's Award for Theft: A Love Story. Born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Peter Carey now lives in New York.

Born in London, Mark worked for 20 years at the BBC. In 2001 he moved to Melbourne and spent 5 years at the ABC. He travels frequently for work, and whilst away, records and sends stories for his children to listen to. He likes to give each character their own ‘voice’, using a variety of regional accents from the British Isles, and around the world.