JUSTIN BROWN


	SITE LINKS Writing, like anything, is all about persistance Course, it helps if you're Roald Dahl But even travel writer Paul Theroux had it tough Story starters I find helpful with kid's writing Kids won't brush their teeth? Show them this OTHER SITES Superstar author & blogger www.neilgaiman.com Legendary children's author www.joycowley.com Mark Evanier - TV writer/author www.newsfromme.com Barn Bocock - Master Web Guru www.heybarn.com Photographer from 'Bowling Through India' www.brendonohagan.co.nz Flux animation studios www.fluxmedia.co.nz Random House NZ www.randomhouse.co.nz	BIOGRAPHY (SERIOUSLY. THAT PHOTO. WHO SITS LIKE THAT?) Justin Brown is a bestselling author and radio host. His books include travel titles Bowling Through India, UK on a G-String and In Search Of Swingers. He writes for animation, teaches creative writing and is a director/creator at The Visual Collective. His first novel for children (Shot, Boom, Score) has just been published by Allen and Unwin. Justin has performed stand up comedy in London, Johannesburg, and Paraparaumu. He also has something in common with Karen Carpenter and Jimi Hendrix: they’ve all opened for Engelbert Humperdinck. And not that he likes to talk about it, but there was a time - at the conclusion of his UK adventure - Justin was famously stitched up by ITV’s Richard and Judy. (Read UK on a G-String to see how). So where did it all begin? Hawera, New Zealand, with Justin’s formative years spent further south at Kapiti College . (Peter Jackson also went there, but enough name dropping. Oh, and All Black Christian Cullen. And the bass player from Shihad). Justin grew up wanting to be a pilot (too much study) or a sports physio (so he could travel with netball teams), but instead, in his all important final year, opted to study Intense 'Clowning Around' on a student exchange to Whitby, Ontario, Canada. 1996 saw Justin jump on a plane for his O.E (Overseas experience) to London. The big smoke, however, was too predictable for Justin’s liking, choosing instead to become breakfast radio host on GWRFM in Swindon. Knowing little about the ins and outs of rugby – despite being a Kiwi – led Justin to be sent to Bordeaux to call Bath’s final in the Heineken Cup. He still considers this a career highlight, despite no one being able to locate a recording. Given all he ever read were Asterix books and sports autobiographies, Justin is as surprised as anyone he ended up being an author. His books are published by Random House NZ, Summersdale UK, ibooks USA, McGraw Hill and Clean Slate Press. His chapter books are very popular in schools throughout Canada, the UK, NZ and Australia. Justin has written for Flux Animation studios on a number of projects, including film treatments and episodes of Buzzy Bee, the popular kid's TV show which screened on TVNZ. His writing has appeared in the New Zealand Listener, Metro Magazine, and New Zealand Golf Magazine. When he's not writing, talking on the radio, playing backyard cricket, teaching creative writing, getting thrashed by his young daughters at hallway soccer or playing ukulele, Justin emcees events, speaks in schools, and talks to various groups about his different adventures.

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