Education: La Trobe University, Bachelor of Arts
Melbourne Teachers College, Trained Secondary Teachers Certificate
Worked as a teacher in high schools in the 1970s and 80s. Also worked on a railway track gang, as a musician and songwriter in bands, as playwright-residence at The Church Theatre in Melbourne, and as a taxi driver.
1994/5/6 Taught creative writing at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1997 Taught Creative Writing at Victoria College of the Arts (Melbourne University)
1994-2003 Theatre critic for The Sunday Age, Melbourne
Regular columnist and reviewer for The Age since 1989

Spirit of Progress
The Lost Life
The Time We Have Taken
The Gift of Speed
The Art of the Engine Driver
The Love Song of Lucy McBride
Momoko
Remember Me, Jimmy James