Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong man born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. He is a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria and has been the director of the Australian Studies Project for the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Bruce has had a varied career as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. His book Fog a Dox (published by Magabala Books in 2012), won the Young Adult category of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, and his book Dark Emu was the winner and Book of the Year at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2016, as well as being shortlisted for The Queensland Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing in 2014.
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