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Russell Irving is an Australian-based land manager, author and illustrator who has self-published five children’s books; he is revising his second novel. He sharpens his pen on short stories, micro fiction and poems. He admires Elmore Leonard’s brevity, Dermot Healy and Claire Keegan’s lyrical prose, Garry Disher’s laconic character of place, Kevin Barry and R A Lafferty’s wild, irreverent wit. He agonises daily about where to place a semi-colon—or not. One might say he’s certified insanely addicted to the craft and wishes he took grammar more seriously at school.

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When not writing in the early hours, he works part-time with the Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area in the sub-tropics of northern NSW near Byron Bay, supporting culturally informed threatened species protection, including the critical cultural and ecological role of Ngugum (dingo) as the apex predator, Boss of Country.

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Visit www.minyumai.org.au for details.

 

His books are available at his shop and through all major online retailers.

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Enjoy!