Peter Twohig

Peter Twohig was born in Melbourne in 1948 and grew up in Richmond and Dandenong. He endured a Catholic education and worked in the Australian Public Service until 1992, mainly in the area of systems analysis and design. He then moved to Sydney to undergo training as a naturopath and homoeopath. He has degrees in English, philosophy and complementary medicine.

Peter’s first novel, The Cartographer, received the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction in 2012 and was long-listed for the Commonwealth Book Prize in 2013. His second novel The Torch, and third, The Mazemaster, completed a trilogy.