Mark Haviland

London born and Oxford educated, on graduating, Mark Haviland became involved with a community arts project in London’s East End. He later migrated to Melbourne, Australia, where he worked for some years at the Japanese Consulate, before quitting paid employment to become ‘Mister Mum’ to his daughter, Ariel, and to write. He also acts as secretary to the organising committee for the Timeline Festival, an annual historical re-enactment event. He lives in the Dandenong Ranges, on the outer fringe of Melbourne, with his wife Judy, two dogs, two rabbits, three chickens and a hive of bees.