As a writer who was discovered by accident, Paul Carter has since gone on to writer a number of bestselling books and amassed over 2 million book sales worldwide.
Carter's formative years were spent moving all over the world courtesy of his father who was in the British army. At age 15 he immigrated Australia with his mum after she secured employment in Perth working for a US oil company. By the time he was 16 he was working on drilling tools, and at 18 moved to land rigs. By age 23 he had worked offshore in several third world countries. During his life to date Carter has lived, worked, gotten into trouble and been given a serious talking to, in: England, Scotland, Germany, France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Tunisia, Australia, Nigeria, Russia, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Columbia, Vietnam, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Sumatra, the Philippines, Korea, Japan, China, USA and Saudi Arabia.
Now published globally, in foreign languages, audio books, and e-books, Carter lives in Perth with his wife and two children.
[Source: writingWA; Allen and Unwin]
