Jock Serong is a journalist, screenwriter and the author of seven award-winning novels; most recently Cherrywood. He is a senior writer with Surfing World magazine, the founding editor of Great Ocean Quarterly, and a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Monthly, Patagonia’s Roaring Journals and other publications. He is a board member of Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas, and lives on Victoria’s far west coast.