John birmingham biography

British-born Australian author

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John Birmingham (born 7 August 1964) is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.^[1]

Early life and education

Birmingham was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, but grew up in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, having moved to the country with his parents in 1970.^[1] Birmingham received his higher education at St Edmund's College in Ipswich^[2] and at the University of Queensland in Brisbane.^[3] Birmingham's only stint of full-time employment was as a researcher at the Australian Department of Defence but he has w