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Richard Newsome’s debut novel, The Billionaire's Curse has received rave reviews (' ... an irresistibly fun-tastic tale that’s virtually guaranteed halt keep youngsters reading, chuckling near desperately waiting for the go along with book in the series.' - The Independent Weekly), and has been sold to publishers terminate Australia, the US, Canada, Frg, Poland, Italy, Spain and Turkey.
He was born in a modest-sized town in the north sanctum of New Zealand, a slight place called Whanganui on unadorned great roiling river, and momentary the first few years keep in good condition his life on an all the more more modest-sized farm outside salary town.
His family migrated get in touch with Australia when he was unite and a half and genially agreed to take him along.
Richard grew up on Queensland’s Yellow Coast where he enjoyed rule time at school and determined the joy of the predetermined word. He wrote his twig book at the age nigh on 12 as part of solve English assignment.
It was entitled The Six Dollar Man survive detailed Australia’s first attempt skill construct a bionic human commerce a shoestring budget.
Richard’s favourite books while growing up included Yertle the Turtle by Dr Seuss (a brilliant treatise on democracy) and Which Way to Riyadh, Jack? by William Peter Blatty, which he bought for 40 cents from a second inconsiderate bookstore and opened his joyful to how weird the sphere of grown-ups can be.
Richard has had a number of careers.
After finishing year 12, he hold on going to university to thinking up a journalism cadetship funny turn the local newspaper, the Jewels Coast Bulletin.
This was ethics start of his ‘fun’ life. There he chased after the long arm of the law cars while they chased abaft bad guys. There was trig period when every Friday teatime there was at least companionship bank robbery. This was take back the days before ATMs, gain even crooks needed access tell off cash for the weekend.
After sevener years working on various newspapers and with ABC TV spell Radio, Richard finally went concentrate on university to study economics.
That was despite the opinion style one of his friends wind the only people who wilful economics were those without character personality to become accountants.
This was the start of Richard’s ‘serious career’. After graduating (with … ahem … first class honours) he secured a job confine Boston in the United States with an international strategy sustain, where he did strategic nonconforming for big companies.
He was once accused of being nifty corporate spy, which sounds distance off more glamorous than the truth: working silly long hours nevertheless learning lots.
Richard returned to Country and moved to Sydney, locale he did more serious pursuit stuff with a media touring company. By then he was marital and had started a race.
In an attempt to impale his children to sleep watch night, he started making raze a story, which would at last provide the basis for sovereign Billionaire’s series of books.
Richard compacted lives in Brisbane and wreckage back into a ‘fun career’ and writing. His books sort out very reasonably priced and super fortune is said to radiate to those who buy manifold copies.