Robert Newton

Robert Newton works as a full-time firefighter with Fire Rescue Victoria. 

His first novel, My Name is Will Thompson was published in 2001. Since then, he has written seven other novels for young people, including Runner, The Black Dog Gang (shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Award), Promise Me Happy, Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky and When We Were Two, which won the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for young adults. 

Robert lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his wife and three daughters.