David Francis

David Francis is the author of Agapanthus Tango, published to acclaim in seven countries, subsequently released in the United States as The Great Inland Sea. His second novel, Stray Dog Winter was named “Australian Novel of the Year” in the Australian Literary Review, won the American Library Association Barbara Gittings Literature Award, and is currently being prepared as a limited series for television in the U.S. His third novel, Wedding Bush Road, was released in 2017 in the United States and Australia, and he has recently completed his fourth: Trick Season. David has received writing fellowships to the Cité International des Arts in Paris, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland and elsewhere. His short stories, poetry, articles and reviews have been published widely, including in Harvard Review, The Rattling Wall, Los Angeles Times, Sydney Morning Herald, Slow Lightening, The Advocate, Southern California Review, Best Australian Stories and Best Australian Love Stories. Until recently, he was a Board member of PEN International out of London and Chair of the Los Angeles Committee of PEN America. An avid painter, horseman, and closet lawyer (thankfully retired), David has lived in the U.S. for over 35 years but now splits his time between California and his family farm in West Gippsland, Australia.