I was born in Vienna, where I studied music and drama. I worked as an actor and director in the theatre and radio and as a journalist. Roaming around the world for quite some time, I finally settled in Australia. After doing a multitude of jobs and improving my English, I worked as a journalist and in television. This was followed by setting up my own puppet company. I toured Australia and New Zealand for nine years. I was even invited to the Festival of Vienna as the Australian representative. After selling my puppet company, I became a journalist again and later the editor of a magazine. This was followed by lecturing, ending up as the coursecoordinator for a group of colleges. I retired in 2007. During that time, my writing credentials were: Journalist (features for “Sydney Calendar Magazine”, music and theatre critiques), Travel Writer for “Holiday and Travel News”, Managing Editor of “Sydney Calendar Magazine”, scripts for “Migrant Educational Television”, “ABC (Australia)”: “The Electronic Haydn”: Script around a puppet opera by Joseph Haydn, “Channel 9 (Sydney)”: The Super Flying Fun Show, “Channel 10 (Sydney)”: Miniseries included in children’s’ program (“Trip to the Moon”), Four plays for children for puppets and actors, that have each been performed a few hundred times in Australia and New Zealand and a marionette play “The Mutants” for older children and adults, A small satirical booklet called “What About Manners?”, Complete material for Tourism course and material for Marketing course (Colleges). Since I retired I have devoted myself fully to my big love: writing. The following publications are testimony to it. However, unfortunately, most of them were produced by either Vanity publishers or publishers asking for a contribution (and then not keeping up their side of the bargain with promoting). “The Mirror of Words” (Poetry) – published as a CDRom by L & R Hartley, Murwillambah “War Games” (Poetry and short stories) – published by Rosedog Books, USA, “A Tear in the Sky” (Poetry and short stories) – published by Red Lead Press, USA, “Alone” (Novella) – published by Astemari Publisher, USA, HAS SINCE GONE BANKRUPT, OUT OF PRINT “A Bunyip for Sydney” (Novel for young adults) – published by Pegasus Publishers, Cambridge, “An Australian Monarch” (Nonfiction) – published by Copyright Publishing, Brisbane, CONTRIBUTION PUBLISHER, NO PROMOTION, I HAD TO DO IT ALL MYSELF: BOOKLAUNCH, ORGANIZING INTERVIEWS, ETC., AT LEAST THE BOOK IS BEING SOLD AT THE SOUVENIR SHOP AT THE PRINCIPALITY OF HUTT RIVER (SUBJECT OF THE BOOK) AND HAS SOLD IN A FEW BOOKSHOPS. “Eposta” (Fantasy novel as ebook) – published by ebooks for pleasure “The Power of Symbols” (Nonfiction as ebook) – published by ebooks for pleasure “Gods and Clowns” (History of Puppetry) – published by ebooks for pleasure My satirical novel “How Browne Was My Country” is with Zeus Publications – WILL APPEAR SOME TIME IN 2011. Some of my short stories and poems have appeared in various magazines and anthologies Why do I keep writing? The answer is simple: If I’m not breathing, I’m dead and if I’m not writing, I’m dead! And yes, I have many more plots and ideas in my head.
