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Veny
started writing when he was 17 or 18, and he finished
his first novel while studying Law. He finished
his second novel while studying Psychology. It
took him 14 years and ten unpublished novels before
his first book hit the shelves.
He
has studied at the University of Queensland, the
Australian Film, Television and Radio School,
Queensland University of Technology, and the Tisch
School of the Arts, New York University. The son
of Sicilian migrants, he has travelled and worked
widely throughout the world. In 1995, 1997 and
1999 he lived and worked at the Cite Internationale
des Arts, Paris. He is frequently invited to teach
writing, and speak about his work, in Spain and
Germany.
Veny's
first published book was a very slim collection
of short stories called JUMPING
AT THE MOON, which was equal runner-up
in the Steele Rudd Short Story Award.
Since
then he has written many acclaimed and best-selling
novels. These are THE LONELY
HUNTER, ROMEO OF THE
UNDERWORLD, MY BEAUTIFUL
FRIEND, STRANGE RAIN
and FIREHEAD (shortlisted
for 2004's "One Book, One Brisbane"
campaign). His books have been translated into
Korean, German, French, Dutch, Hebrew, and also
published in the USA.
His
last novel, THE VOLCANO,
won the Queensland Premier's Award for Best Fiction
Novel and was short-listed for the Courier Mail
Book of the Year.
His
work for younger readers includes the illustrated
books THE GHOST OF LOVE STREET
and THE GHOST OF DEADMAN'S
BEACH, and the picture book THE
VERY SUPER ADVENTURES OF NIC AND NAOMI.
"Armanno
writes with a robust confidence in his own capacities
as a story-teller. It is not undeserved. Taking
risks in a disciplined way, he shows respect for
a deep immersion in the skein of myth, legend,
recent and discreditable history that is his legacy."
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The Bulletin.
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