David Whish-Wilson

David Whish-Wilson (b 1966) is an Australian author.

He was born in Newcastle, NSW but raised in Singapore, Victoria and WA. He left Australia in 1984 to live in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig. During this time he began to publish short stories in Australia (anthologised in Pascoe Publishing's Best Fifty Stories Collection) and had a longer piece short-listed for the Vogel/Australian Literary Award. His first novel 'The Summons' was published in 2006 (Vintage - Random House.) His second novel 'Line of Sight' was published by Penguin in September 2010. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he teaches creative writing at Curtin University. His website is http://davidwhish-wilson.com

References

http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=GuidedSearch&type=simple&defaultfed=n&searchWhere=author&generalSearchString=david+whish-wilson

External links

http://davidwhish-wilson.com/ http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670073740/line-sight

• http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/Default.aspx?Page=Book&ID=9781740513883
• http://www.cunnaneagency.com/authors/m-z/m-z.html
• http://www.penguin.com.au/lookinside/spotlight.cfm?SBN=9780670073740&AuthId=0000006361&Page=Profile
• http://www.griffithreview.com/contributors/userprofile/whishwilson_david.html

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