PAUL CLIFF

Poet, dramatist,editor. Has published three collections of poetry: The Wolf Problem in Australia (Five Islands Press 1994), Backpack Despatches (Kardoorair Press 1998) and The Impatient World (Five Islands Press 2002). He has compiled and edited three non-fiction books for the National Library of Australia. One, The Endless Playground: Celebrating Australian Childhood, is currently being considered for production as a three-part documentary by ABC television. Deadline: A Manual for Hostage-Taking won the Canberra Playwrights' Competition and was produced in 2001.