Robert Hillman

Robert Hillman was born in 1948 and grew up in rural Victoria. His first novel, A Life of Days, appeared in 1988, and was followed by The Hour of Disguise (1990), Writing Sparrow Hill (1996), and The Deepest Part of the Lake (2001). His 2004 memoir, The Boy in the Green Suit, won Australia's National Biography Award. In 2007, he co-authored My Life as a Traitor, a young Iranian woman's account of the realities behind the turmoil of the modern Middle East. After many years of teaching in high schools and university, Robert Hillman now works as a full-time writer. He has three children and lives in Warburton, in Victoria's Yarra Valley.

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