David Whish-Wilson is the author of ten novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, NSW but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At 18, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, travel agent, teacher and drugtrial guinea pig. He currently lives in Fremantle, WA, with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.