About the author

Will Brodie

<p>Will Brodie is the author of the non-fiction book <em>Reality Check: Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League (2015); the novel Suburban Tours (2009); the novella</em> <em>DAY OF THE DRONES</em> (2016) and he is the co-author of <em>the AFL fan diary One Week At A Time</em> (1995).</p><p>He wrote the feature film script <em>The Straitsmen</em> in 1993 and in 2000 gained an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting from RMIT Melbourne.</p><p>He worked as a writer, editor and producer for theage.com.au for 11 years until 2014. He has worked as a club publisher for collingwoodfc.com.au, as a researcher for a TV program and as a freelance journalist.</p><p>He&#39;s also been employed to dig, clean, stir, lift, paint, attach, plant, graft, mulch and stamp ping pong balls.</p><p>He&#39;s lived in the outer and inner suburbs of Melbourne since 1967.</p>