ABOUT GAVIN

Gavin grew up in Paarl, in South Africa’s Western Cape Province, an area renowned for its scenic beauty and viticulture. Whether it was the scenery, drinking his parents’ wine on the sly, or being surrounded by the smell of fresh ink and the hum of his father’s printing presses—or all of the above—Gavin felt strangely inspired to start writing when he was twelve years old.

 

“My father gave me this old Underwood Standard. I’ll never forget it. It had a sticky ‘s’ key that would periodically instigate a maul of type hammers and shredded ribbon.”

 

Gavin went on the study Architecture and ran a practice in South Africa before emigrating along with his family, to Christchurch, New Zealand. It’s there that he started taking up writing seriously and began work on his debut novel, Colour of Greed. 

In 2008 he moved to the Gold Coast, Australia where he joined the Gold Coast Writers Association, serving as its president.

Colour of Greed went on to receive the Gold award for best fiction in Australia and New Zealand at the Independent Publisher Book Awards 2013.

 

“Writing can be an arduous and lonely journey. It is important to surround yourself with family and fellow writers who can support you along the way.”

 

Gavin still lives on the Gold Coast, working on his next thriller. A proud husband, father and grandfather.