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After being born in Papua New Guinea in 1972, Anthony Eaton spent an idyllic childhood growing up in the Perth hills, apart from a two and a half year stint with his family on the Cocos Keeling Islands. |
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He attended High School and University in Perth, and studied a plethora of subjects before settling on a career in Teaching. He worked at Trinity College in Perth as a Literature and Drama teacher for eight years, during which time his first novel, THE DARKNESS was published by the University of Queensland Press. The novel was awarded the 2001 Western Australian Premier’s award for Young Adult Literature, and encouraged Anthony to turn his hand to further writing
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His
second novel, A NEW KIND
OF DREAMING was published in 2001, and
was a CBCA notable book for 2002. It was also
included in the prestigious International Youth
Library Selection of Notable books (White Ravens)
2002 catalogue, and shortlisted for both the WA
Premier's award, and for the Vision Australia
Young Adult Audio book of the year award.
In
2002 he also released NATHAN
NUTTBOARD: HITS THE BEACH - his first book
for younger readers. A second NATHAN NUTTBOARD will be published in 2008.
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FIRESHADOW was published in 2003 and THE
GIRL IN THE CAVE, Anthony's second book
for younger readers, came out in mid-2004. In 2005, FIRESHADOW won him his second WA premier’s award for Young Adult Literature and was named an honour book in the CBCA Book Of the Year awards. |
His most recent books are NIGHTPEOPLE and SKYFALL, the first two books of his DARKLANDS speculative fiction trilogy. At the moment, Tony is in the final stages of researching an historic adventure novel set in Antarctica. As a part of this, he spent Christmas 2005 at Casey Station in Antarctica as part of the Australian Antarctic Division’s Arts Fellowship programme.
Anthony lives in Canberra with his wife, Imogen, and a slightly deranged Kelpie named Chelsea.
For
more information, visit Anthony's
website. |
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"Students
were stimulated to write and staff found the presentations
interesting and insightfully delivered."
-Roen Robinson, Clairvaux Mackillop College.
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"The
students were inspired and the teachers felt Anthony
hit just the right note. His real life experience and
rapport with the boys made the sessions very enjoyable
and highly valuable - he was the perfect writer-in-residence."
- Julie Nunan, Ignatius Park College.
"Anthony
was a great presenter for our students - very entertaining
and informative. His energy and teaching background
made for a great residency."
- Tony Rowan, Anglican Church Grammar School. |
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