David Brooks

David Brooks is the author of The Book of Sei (1987), which was described in the National Times as ‘the most exciting short-fiction debut in Australia since Peter Carey’s The Fat Man in History’. His most recent novel is The Conversation (2012). His fifth collection of poetry, Open House, will be published in early 2015. He is an Honorary Associate Professor in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, and co-editor of Southerly.