Glyn Parry is an Australian writer of

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, and

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Biography

Parry was born in 1959 in the north-east of England. At the age of 12 he moved to

Lynwood, Western Australia Lynwood is a small southeastern list of Perth suburbs, suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. Its local government areas of Western Australia, local government area is the City of Canning. History Lynwood was first settled by ...

where he attended Kinlock Primary School and then

Rossmoyne Senior High School Rossmoyne Senior High School is a public co-educational high day school in the City of Melville, located on Keith Road, Bull Creek, a southern riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 1968, it is currently the largest school in ...

. Parry met his wife at a Friday night youth group with whom he raised three children. He has worked as a high school English teacher. In 1992 Parry's first novel was published entitled ''L.A. Postcards''. In 1995 his second novel ''Radical Take-offs'' won the Premier's Prize and the award for best Children's & Young Adult's Books at the

Western Australian Premier's Book Awards The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an annual book award provided by the Government of Western Australia, and managed by the State Library of Western Australia. History and format Annual literary awards were inaugurated by the Wes ...

. Parry again won an award at the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards with his work ''Scooterboy'' winning the Young Adults Award. He is now currently living in West Toodyay, Western Australia.

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

Novels

*''L.A. Postcards'' (1992) * ''Monster Man'' (1994) *'' Radical Take-offs'' (1994) *''Mosh'' (1996) *''Spooking the Cows'' (2002) *''Sad Boys'' (1998) *''

Scooterboy A scooterboy (or scooter boy) is a member of one of several scooter-related subcultures of the 1960s and later decades, alongside rude boys, mods and skinheads. The term is sometimes used as a catch-all designation for any scootering enthusias ...

'' (1999) *''Ocean Road'' (2007)

Non-fiction

*''Stoked!: Real Life, Real Surf'' (1994)

Chapter books

*''Harry & Luke'' (2002, illustrations by Caroline Magerl)

Collections

*''Invisible Girl: Stories'' (2003)

Short fiction

*"Dawn Chorus" (1998) in ''Fantastic Worlds'' (ed. Paul Collins) *"Past Midnight" (1999) in ''Last Gasps'' (ed. Paul Collins, Meredith Costain)

References

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External links

Glyn Parry's blog
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