David Whish-Wilson is the author of twelve novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, but raised in Singapore, Victoria and Western Australia. At eighteen, he left Australia to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, street seller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug-trial guinea pig.David is the author of four novels in the Frank Swann crime series and three in the Lee Southern series, two of which have been shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards. He has also written two books in the Undercover series. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was shortlisted for a Western Australian Premier's Book Award. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.