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.
He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he teaches creative writing at Curtin University.
Awards and nominations
- 2010 Ned Kelly Awards: Short-listed for Line of Sight
Works
Novels
- The Summons (2006, Random House)
- Line of Sight (2010, Penguin)
'In Savage Freedom' in Hard Labour (Crime Factory, 2012)
- "Zero at the Bone" (2013, Penguin)
- "Perth" (2013, New South Publishing)
External links
- http://davidwhish-wilson.com/
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/david-whishwilson-mines-perth-a-city-of-dreams/story-fn9n8gph-1226776018422
- https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/perth/
- http://www.penguin.com.au/products/9780670077533/zero-bone
- 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