Morisset, David

David Morisset is the pen name of an Australian writer who grew up in Riverstone, which was then a meatworks town on Sydney's semi-rural western fringe. He moved to Canberra to study at the Australian National University and chose to roam the world, first as a diplomat and later as an economist. Over recent years he has published novels as well as collections of short stories and poems. His poem, 'Persian Princess', was commended in the John Shaw Nielson Poetry Award (2009 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards). David now lives and writes on the Central Coast north of Sydne...