Luke Devenish (Author of The Heart of the Ritz)

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Luke Devenish lives with his partner and pets in the historic town of Castlemaine, in the heart of the beautiful Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia. Originally from Western Australia, where he often returns, Luke grew up in the Perth Hills where he attended Eastern Hills Senior High School and Curtin University in the 1980s. He moved to Melbourne to pursue writing opportunities in 1988 and has lived in Victoria since.

Luke鈥檚鈥楨mpress of Rome鈥� historical fiction novels are an international publishing success. Book 1, 鈥楧en of Wolves鈥�, was first published in Australia and New Zealand in 2008, before being released in the United States and Canada, and later translated into Spanish, Serbian, Russian and Turkish editions. Book 2, 鈥楴est of V Luke Devenish lives with his partner and pets in the historic town of Castlemaine, in the heart of the beautiful Goldfields region of Victoria, Australia. Originally from Western Australia, where he often returns, Luke grew up in the Perth Hills where he attended Eastern Hills Senior High School and Curtin University in the 1980s. He moved to Melbourne to pursue writing opportunities in 1988 and has lived in Victoria since.

Luke鈥檚鈥楨mpress of Rome鈥� historical fiction novels are an international publishing success. Book 1, 鈥楧en of Wolves鈥�, was first published in Australia and New Zealand in 2008, before being released in the United States and Canada, and later translated into Spanish, Serbian, Russian and Turkish editions. Book 2, 鈥楴est of Vipers鈥�, was released in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand in 2010, with non-English language editions following in 2011.

Before writing novels, Luke wrote for television. From 2001 to the end of 2007 he held key creative roles including Script Producer, Story Editor and Supervising Script Editor on the long-running Australian TV drama series, Neighbours. Luke oversaw 1,500 episode scripts for the internationally broadcast serial, creating dozens of much loved characters and long-running storylines. He represented Neighbours at the UK National Television Awards in London and spoke about its ongoing success at drama industry conferences in Cologne and Amsterdam. He also appeared in a series of behind-the-scenes programs about the show made for BBC 3. Before joining Neighbours, Luke was Script Executive on Something in the Air and, as Assistant Commissioning Editor for Drama with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked in the writing and development of SeaChange, RAW FM and other television series. He has also written for Home & Away.

Luke Devenish is also a playwright. Working at Melbourne鈥檚 St Martins Youth Arts Centre in the late 80s and early 90s, Luke鈥檚 plays were regularly staged for the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Productions of his work then went on to be commissioned by Melbourne鈥檚 Playbox Theatre, the Adelaide Festival, the Sydney Festival, the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts and the National Institute for Dramatic Arts, among others. Luke returned to the theatre in 2010, adapting (with Louise Fox) Dario Fo鈥檚鈥楨lizabeth: Almost By Chance a Woman鈥� for Melbourne鈥檚 Malthouse Theatre. This adaptation was also staged by the Queensland Theatre Company in 2012.

Luke was a student of Curtin University鈥檚 creative writing stream in the mid-80s, studying fiction under renowned novelists Elizabeth Jolley and Tim Winton. In 2008 he appeared in an ABC TV documentary, IOU Elizabeth Jolley, where he spoke about his creative debt to the late author. Luke is now a lecturer himself, having taught creative writing subjects for the Australian Film Television & Radio School, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Monash University and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts. Since 2013 Luke has lectured and coordinated 1st Year undergraduates of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Screenwriting degree at the University of Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts - a job he loves.

When he鈥檚 not writing or lecturing, Luke spends his time gardening, reading, travelling, cooking, watching, talking and listening. ...more

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