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Steve Toltz

Steve Toltz was born in Sydney in 1972 and graduated from the University of Newcastle in 1994. Prior to his literary career, he lived in Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Barcelona, and Paris, variously working as a cameraman, telemarketer, security guard, private investigator, English teacher, and screenwriter.

His first novel, A Fraction of the Whole, was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim and shortlisted for the 2008 Man Booker Prize and the 2008 Guardian First Book Award.