Nicholas drayson author biography outline

PERSONAL: Born 1954, in England; immigrated to Australia, 1982. Education: University of New South Wales, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Author Mail, W.

W. Norton & Co., 500 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10110-0017.

CAREER: Writer, naturalist, and house painter. Former curator at Australian National Museum, Canberra, Australia.

WRITINGS:

Wildlife: Australia's Flora and Fauna Gently Observed, illustrated by Bruce Goold, Collins (Sydney, Australia), 1988.

Confessing a Murder, W.

W. Norton (New York, NY), 2002.

Columnist for Good Weekend and Australian Women's Weekly. Contributor to periodicals, including Australian Geographic.

SIDELIGHTS: Nicholas Drayson's first book is a naturalist's observation of his adopted home of Australia.

Drayson was living in Kenya in 1998 and 1999 when he wrote his second, a novel titled Confessing a Murder, which Booklist's Michael Spinella commented "juxtaposes the dark nature of humanity w