Patrick Allington has a BA (Hons), MA (Politics) and a PhD in Creative Writing, all from the University of Adelaide. He has taught in English, Creative Writing and Politics at the University of Adelaide, and is an experienced convenor of writing workshops, seminars and masterclasses of various sorts. His novel Figurehead (Black Inc. 2009) was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and his short fiction, essays, columns, profiles and extensive critical writings have been widely published in journals, magazines and newspapers. In the June 2011 edition of Australian Book Review he published a major essay on the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Patrick is co-editor of Griffith Review 55, 'State of Hope', on South Australia (to be published February 2017). Patrick haspreviously held positions as Book Reviews Editor for Transnational Literature and as Commissioning Editor of the University of Adelaide Press. He is an experienced editor who specialises in scholarly works and in fiction.

Creative Writing Literary studies Political science