Biography

Brian Caswell was born in a village called Gwernaffield in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

,on the 13th of January, 1954. His family moved to England, when he was 5 years old. At the age of 12, in 1966, Caswell's family moved to Australia

Australia

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. He received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 and a Diploma of Education

Diploma of Education

The Diploma of Education, often abbreviated to DipEd or GradDipEd, is a postgraduate qualification offered in many Commonwealth countries including Australia, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom...

, and graduated from Sydney University. In the 1970s, Caswell took up singing and songwriting, and was successful for a short period, one of his songs making the top 40 music charts; before becoming a school teacher.

Caswell taught at several high schools, mainly as a history

History

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, English

English studies

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 and creative writing

Creative writing

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. For 15 years he worked as a teacher, before he wrote his first book, Merryll of the Stone, in 1989. He gave up teaching after his success with the novel, and began to write full-time. Caswell is married, with three sons and a daughter, and lives in Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales

Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales

Tumbi Umbi is a mostly semi-rural suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located northwest of Bateau Bay. It is part of the Wyong Shire local government area....

, with his wife, Marlene.

External links

• http://www.laterallearning.com/authors/caswell.html
• http://www.bookedout.com.au/authors/Brian_Caswell/