Tristan Bancks is a children’s and teen author with a background in acting and filmmaking.
His books include the My Life series, Mac Slater (Australia and US) and Two Wolves (On the Run in the US), a crime-mystery novel for middle-graders. Two Wolves won Honour Book in the 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. It also won the YABBA and KOALA Children’s Choice Awards.
Tristan’s new books are My Life & Other Weaponised Muffins (February 2017), a fifth book of weird-funny-gross, semi-autobiographical short stories and The Fall (May 2017), a new thriller novel for ages 10+. Tristan is a writer-ambassador for world-changing literacy charity Room to Read. He is excited by the future of storytelling and inspiring others to create.
You can connect with him, learn more about his books, play games, watch videos and help him try to change the world at www.tristanbancks.com
Workshop
Tristan Bancks’s new crime-mystery novel The Fall was inspired by videos, music, images, maps and a crime scene he visited while on work experience with a TV news crew in high school. Tristan’s background is in acting and filmmaking and this talk brings his stories to life in a three-dimensional way, taking you behind-the-scenes on the writing of The Fall and his CBCA Honour book Two Wolves. Full of laughs and valuable tips on using your own life to feed your stories.
His books include the My Life series, Mac Slater (Australia and US) and Two Wolves (On the Run in the US), a crime-mystery novel for middle-graders. Two Wolves won Honour Book in the 2015 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. It also won the YABBA and KOALA Children’s Choice Awards.
Tristan’s new books are My Life & Other Weaponised Muffins (February 2017), a fifth book of weird-funny-gross, semi-autobiographical short stories and The Fall (May 2017), a new thriller novel for ages 10+. Tristan is a writer-ambassador for world-changing literacy charity Room to Read. He is excited by the future of storytelling and inspiring others to create.
You can connect with him, learn more about his books, play games, watch videos and help him try to change the world at www.tristanbancks.com
Workshop
Tristan Bancks’s new crime-mystery novel The Fall was inspired by videos, music, images, maps and a crime scene he visited while on work experience with a TV news crew in high school. Tristan’s background is in acting and filmmaking and this talk brings his stories to life in a three-dimensional way, taking you behind-the-scenes on the writing of The Fall and his CBCA Honour book Two Wolves. Full of laughs and valuable tips on using your own life to feed your stories.