Jeremy GaddWell-known writer Jeremy Gadd, is an Australian author and poet who has contributed dozens of articles and short stories, and hundreds of poems to literary magazines and periodicals all over the world. His poems and stories have appeared in anthologis, been read on radio and have been presented during seminars and poetry readings. His previously published works include historical novel, Escaping the Triad (Holy Angels Publishing,1998), and Country, a selection of eight previously published short stories (Ginninderra Press, 2007). After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Jeremy worked extensively in professional theatre in Australia and the United Kingdom. His plays More Champagne and Realities have been professionally produced for the stage (More Champagne was also broadcast on radio by the ABC) and a third play, Camera Capers, was staged by the Balmain Village Players in Sydney and, later, recorded by the Shoestring Audio Theatre in the USA - along with his play Point Danger - for broadcasting on public radio. He has also written dialogue for a dance performed by The Sydney Dance Company at the Sydney Opera House, and he collaborated on one of the first livre d' artistes to be produced in the United Kingdom since William Morris, a work that is now in rare book collections. Jeremy's writing has won several literary awards, including the John Clemenger Advertising-Billy Blue Magazine Short Story Award; the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Ian Mudie Literary Award; second prize in the Maplecon 12 (Canada) 1991 International Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Competition and first prize in the inaugural Austcare and Refugee Council of Australia's 1996 Short Story Competition. He later earned Master Of Arts With Honours and PhD degrees from the University of New England for studies of John Clark's dramaturgical contribution to David Williamson's Don's Party and the political content of film and video of Australian performance in the archives of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Jeremy is a Writing Fellow of the Fellowship of Australian Writers (NSW). Jeremy grew up in Armidale, New South Wales, and has travelled extensively, including in Outback Australia. Trips to the Gulf country, the Northern Territory and the Kimberley have provided inspiration and material for much of his writing. Read More Read Less