Peter Docker

Peter Docker was born in Wiilman Country at Narrogin, Western Australia, and is of Irish, Cornish and English heritage. He grew up on a station in Wudjari Country at Coomalbidgup, near Esperance. He has worked as a dairy-hand, hay carter, wheat-bogger, window-washer, bank teller, lift driver and barman. He has written short stories published in Australian literary journals and has written for stage and radio. Someone Else’s Country was his first book. He is currently writing a play about the Mickelbergs.

Awards

Shortlisted, Aurealis Awards, 2012

Books available from Fremantle Press

• The Waterboys 2011
• The Waterboys ebook 2011
• Someone Else's Country ebook 2009
• Someone Else's Country 2009