GORDON GRAHAM began writing plays while a student at the University of Western Australia. In the mid 1970s he lived in London, where his play Innocent Bystanders was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, to critical acclaim. This play was later performed at a number of major Australian venues. It was followed by Freaks, produced at Melbourne's Playbox Theatre, and then Demolition Job, which was performed widely at venues that included the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Nimrod, Sydney, the Queensland Theatre Company, as well as theatres in Auckland and Chicago, and won the 1981 AWGIE Award for best stage play. That play was followed by Hanging Together, and then The Boys, which was first staged by Griffin, Sydney. The Boys won a further AWGIE Award, and has since had numerous other productions. It was also the basis of a notable feature film. His later play Earl was staged at the Stables, Sydney. Other works include the novels Stuffed and Top Bloke, as well as scripts for TV and radio, and he has also worked in journalism. He has received several Literature Board fellowships. He now divides his time between Sydney and the Hawkesbury River.