Trent dalton biography

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Trent Dalton, a journalist and author of the novel 'Boy Swallows Universe', shares his personal and professional journey of writing about his mother's life story and his own experiences in Brisbane's suburbs. He reveals the themes, characters and inspirations behind his book, which is a love story with magic and madness.

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Feature journalist and author, Trent Dalton’s extraordinary novel Boy Swallows Universe is the result of this single, childhood memory. Trent Dalton was born on the hill at Ipswich Hospital. His mother took him home to Brassall where his earliest memory was formed.

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Set in 1980s Brisbane, the story follows Eli Bell, a precocious, working-class boy growing up with a heroin-dealer stepfather, a mute brother, a drug-addicted mother and a notorious criminal for a father figure. It’s a dark tale, and one inspired by Trent’s upbringing.

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Trent Dalton is the author of Boy Swallows Universe (HarperCollins, 2018), a critically acclaimed national bestseller and winner of the 2019 Indie Book of the Year Award, the MUD Literary Prize, and the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, and the People’s Choice Award at the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. At the 2019 Australian.

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Trent Dalton Biography. Trent Dalton is an award-winning journalist at the Weekend Australian magazine. His writing includes several short and feature-length film screenplays.

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Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and the international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies, and Lola in the Mirror. His books have sold over 1.3 million copies in Australia alone.

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