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Craig
Silvey

Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup, a small town in timber and fruit-growing lands in  in south-west Western Australia.

Silvery wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, when he was nineteen: it was published in 2004. The novel was the inaugural book for the ‘One Book’ series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival.

Silvey’s next novel, Jasper Jones, was published in 2009. Since Jasper Jones, Silvey has published the novella The Amber Amulet, which he adapted into a stage play the following year, and has scripted The Prospector, a contemporary western film directed by Rachel Perkins.

Craig Silvey grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup, a small town in timber and fruit-growing lands in  in south-west Western Australia.

Silvery wrote his first novel, Rhubarb, when he was nineteen: it was published in 2004. The novel was the inaugural book for the ‘One Book’ series of events at the 2005 Perth International Arts Festival.

Silvey’s next novel, Jasper Jones, was published in 2009. Since Jasper Jones, Silvey has published the novella The Amber Amulet, which he adapted into a stage play the following year, and has scripted The Prospector, a contemporary western film directed by Rachel Perkins.

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