AustLit

'David Metzenthen (1958) lives in and loves Melbourne, where he was born. After completing his schooling in Australia, Metzenthen travelled to New Zealand, where he worked in a range of jobs including gardener, grave-digger, and hotel porter. On his return to Australia, he worked as a copywriter for Radio 3DB, for Grundy Television, and for Myer. While at Grundy Television, Metzenthen wrote a short story which was published in The Australian. Since then, he has been writing full-time. His first novel, Danger Wave, was published in 1990.' (Introduction)