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Tristan Bancks
2023 Presenter
Biography
Tristan Bancks is an accomplished children’s and young adult author. His works include the series, My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up and Nit Boy, as well as stand alone novels including Mac Slater Coolhunter, Galactic Adventures: First Kids in Space, Two Wolves, The Fall, and his latest novel Cop and Robber. His writing has been inspired by a number of notable authors including Paul Jennings, Stephen King, Markus Zusak, J. D. Salinger and Roald Dahl.
Tristan’s works have been nominated for a number of awards including the Kids Own Australian Literature Awards Inc. (KOALA) and Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA) – Children’s Choice.
Tristan’s book Ginger Meggs continues on the work of his great-uncle, Jimmy Bancks, and introduces the iconic Australian comic character to a new generation.
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