Pia Santaklaus

Pia Santaklaus is a Sydney author and poet. His first published work was The Crime of the Agent Mariner.

Published in 2006 by [http://www.bitterbeat.com.au Bitter Beat] , the book was illustrated by the author's Tasmanian friend and award-winning artist Tony Flowers.

As The Crime Of The Agent-Mariner gains readership and popularity, more fans of the book have become privy to the secrets that Pia Santaklaus has hidden among the pages. The book's main surprise can only be uncovered if someone else who has already been given the secret decides to pass it on to the reader.In essense the poem is a metaphor for the struggle between industry and nature.

Pia Santaklaus and Tony Flowers are currently working on a follow up book called Jo-Blight and The Seven Drawers due for release in 2008. The Crime of The Agent-Mariner was entered in the New South Wales Writers' Centre 2006 poetry sprint winning a place and was also listed on the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge list in 2006. [cite web |url = http://products.schools.nsw.edu.au/prc/booklist/downloadCompleteBooklistWithAnnotations.html | format = pdf | title = NSW Premier's Reading Challenge 2008 Complete Booklist - Full ]

Pia Santaklaus is an anagram pseudonym of the Author's real name.Inspired by the works of Dr. Seuss, Edward Gorey, William Blake, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll and The Beatles, Pia Santaklaus creates poetic fables, cautionary tales and nonesense verse for adults and children alike.His motto is "Pia Santaklaus rhymes all the times!"

In November 2007 Pia Santaklaus created his own theory on the Pink Floyd – Wizard of Oz synchronization phenomenon known as Dark Side of the Rainbow.

Pia believed that 'Dark Side Of The Rainbow’ was not mere coincidence and speculation, but a deliberate Pink Floyd project. It is hard to uphold that Pink Floyd intended to create an alternate soundtrack to 'The Wizard Of Oz" (1939) particularly as Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) album closes around 42 minutes whereas ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ movie plays further, leaving this ‘unfinished’ project not definitive or decisive. Pia Santaklaus believes he unravelled the elusive, supplementary Pink Floyd ‘soundtrack’ for The Wizard Of Oz movie bringing further evidence that Pink Floyd may have created a complete alternative soundtrack for The Wizard Of Oz (1939) movie and that it exists.Pia claims the answer had not been un-riddled by fans, enthusiasts or serious students of the subject who saught answers in albums’ sequential tracks. Pia discovered the ‘missing’ links can be found within 17 specific Pink Floyd tracks designed to supplement ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’. These 17 songs can all be found on Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979), but in a 'scrambled' order. With this revelation, the Sydney author hoped to solve the puzzle and put speculation to rest that the synchronization was not intentional.Pia Santaklaus's discovery is called 'The Dark Side Of The Wall'.

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