David Carlin is an award-winning writer and creative artist. His books include The Abyssinian Contortionist, Our Father Who Wasn’t There and Performing Digital. David wrote and co-produced the radiophonic feature Making Up, which won four gold and silver awards at the 2016 New York Festivals International Radio Awards. He is vice-president of the international NonfictioNOW Conference, and Associate Professor of Creative Writing, co-founder of the non/fictionLab research group, and co-director of the WrICE program at RMIT University.