A. S. Patrić is is the author of two short story collections, Las Vegas for Vegans and The Rattler and other stories, and a novella called Bruno Kramzer. His debut novel Black Rock White City was published to critical acclaim in 2015 and won the Miles Franklin Award in 2016. His second novel Atlantic Black was published in November 2017 and a collection of stories The Butcherbird Stories was published in 2018. Alec lives in bayside Melbourne with his wife and two daughters.