David Whish-Wilson
David Whish-Wilson is an Australian author.
He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. 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 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
Novels