Brendan O'Leary

The author, John Hookey, was born in 1969 in Melbourne, where his first novel to large extent plays out .After schooling at a private Anglican school he attended Trinity College at Melbourne University, studying law and languages, in particular German and Chinese. German provided the avenue for a flourishing interest in philosophy, which due to the strength of the Germanic Studies at that time was pursued intensively .In the last year of his Arts course he won a scholarship to attend the University of Freiburg external students programme, the Deutschlandkundlicher Winterkurs, which was profoundly enriching .

Upon returning to Australia, and after a years work as an articled clerk in a city law firm, an academic career, in particular a Masters in Germanic studies, was renewed. This in turn led to an even more intensive engagement with the philosophy of modernity, in particular Kant, Nietzsche, Hegel, and the modern followers. Having left Melbourne, it was after a period of isolation and family upheaval in Canberra, that the author was born again as Christian .This turned out to be the most significant event in his life, indeed the crystallizing event for his writing, for the final scenes of the work aim to give expression to the act of Christian revelation itself .

After a period of working as a social worker in Wagga Wagga in regional New South Wales, the author now lives in Hobart Tasmania.