Scot gardner author biography

Biography.
Scot Gardner is an Australian writer known for his young adult novels.
Scot wasn't born reading and writing; in fact he left school in year eleven to undertake an apprenticeship in gardening with the local council.

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Gardner, Scot 1968-

PERSONAL: Born August 16, 1968, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; son of James (a drafter) and Joan (a diversional therapist; maiden name, Sloan) Gardner; married Robyn Grant (a natural therapist), June 2, 1995; children: Jennifer Ellen, Michelle Anne, Bryce James. Ethnicity: "Australian." Education: Holmsglen Tafe, gardening certificate, 1990; Melbourne School of Massage and Physical Culture, therapeutic massage certificate, 1997; Victorian School of Hypnotic Science, postgraduate diploma in psychotherapy, 1999. Politics: "Greens." Religion: "Pantheist." Hobbies and other interests: Nature photography, camping, riding mountain bikes, sailing, flying aircraft, stone sculpture, "building with earth."

ADDRESSES: Home—Yinnar South, Victoria, Australia. Office—Karijan Enterprises, P.O. Box 8, Churchill, Victoria 3842, Australia. Agent—Pippa Masson, Curtis Brown Australia, P.O. Box 19, Paddington, New South Wales 2021, Australia. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Morwell City Council, Morwell, Victoria, Australia, apprentice gardener,

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Scot Gardner

Born: 16th August, 1968 Melbourne, Australia

Resides: Yinnar South, Vic

Occupations: home dad, truck driver, delivery person, landscape gardened, professional musician, masseur, waiter, counsellor, program developer, teacher, webmaster, group facilitator, consultant, youth worker and author (finally!).

Family: Robyn (wife ... nearly 40 ... yay!), Jennie (13), Belle (11), Bryce (4)

Scot writes:

I'm lying on my bed with a chewed Bic trying to write a little story about me. It's hard work. I want to say 'I'm a nice bloke ... read my books' but it's difficult to say that and not sound like a total wanker.

When I die - in a hundred years or so - I want to be burnt out in the bush on a big pile of logs while my loved ones have a few drinks and laughs, and warm their toes by the fire. Maybe even cook marshmallows. I believe my body is a shell for my soul and that we live on after our body dies. I believe in reincarnation, but I wouldn't ask you to. That would make me a total wanker.

I believe in soul mates and love at first sight. When I was little my dad told me tha

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Scot Gardner, author of THE DEAD I KNOW, on being robust to survive in the arts

“I have never read a book more gripping, nor a book more triumphantly alive. I love how it haunts me still. I swear, I will never forget The Dead I Know.” — John Marsden, author of Tomorrow When the War Began.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Scot wasn’t born reading and writing; in fact he left school in year eleven to undertake an apprenticeship in gardening with the local council. His first fiction for young readers, One Dead Seagull, was published after he attended a writing conference with John Marsden. His many books since include Burning Eddy, which was short-listed for both the CBCA and NSW Premier’s Literary awards.

Scot lives with his wife and three children, two dogs and some chooks in the bush in Eastern Victoria. He spends half the year writing and half the year on the road talking to mostly young people about his books and the craft of writing.