| Biog: |
As a once academic, writing was a means, publishing the antidote to perishing. An academic no longer, I can now get on with real writing, much of which is what i call Sino-Australian fusion. I have published several short stories, some award winning, and four novels. The Girl in the Golden House (Pandanus Books, 2003) is a story of sexual awakening set against the politics of pre-Handover Hong Kong. Project Integrens (Sid Harta, 2006) is a science fiction based on the idea that our brains are still evolving: how will Man-as-She-will-be get on with Man-as-he-is? Not well. In Disguises (Burville Books 2007) Cathie Lee, an Australian-born Chinese, has identity problems: take a slice of Puberty Blues, stir in an adult version of Looking for Alibrandi, fold in some Tai Pan, season with some Cultural Revolutionary sauce, and that's what Disguises tastes like. Tin Dragons (Maygog Publishing 2008) is a historical romance set in a period of tasmanian history that is only recently receiving recognition: the Chinese presence in the tin mines of the North East. Most Chinese tin miners came to Tasmania to seek their fortunes; Jack Yang came to escape his devils. One devil followed him, crippling his ability to love when love was waiting. More on the website below. |
| Current Projects: |
I'm currently working on a nonfiction work using my Tasmanian ancestors (I'm fifth generation) to illustrate that the idea of "generations" (as in X, Y, Boomers, etc) works backwards in time. The story starts with Abraham Biggs, a hell-fire Methodist preacher, who was co-opted by Lt. Governor Arthur to herd the convicts into the paths of righteousness using the mighty hammer of God's Word. The story ends in a Tasmania entering the 21st century that strangely recalls much of the authoritarianism that enriched the few and alienated the many in those low and far off times. |
| Writing Interests: |
Short Fiction;Long Fiction;Memoir / Auto-biography;Historical Fiction or Non-Fiction |
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