Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in a tiny hamlet called Dalmeny, on the far south coast of New South Wales, in Australia.
The virtual pioneer conditions of my early years in Dalmeny have greatly influenced my writing.
Those pioneer conditions are now a thing of the past: a far simpler way of living has been lost, which I deeply regret.
When did you first start writing?
I first began writing in my second year at school: I was six years old.
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