AUTHOR SCOTT HOFFMANN

Scott Hoffman lives with his wife and daughter in Brisbane. He has been in love with words since he was very young – not just reading and writing but also lots and lots of talking. His blog, chestbeatingbyword.com partly exists to give his family some peace and quiet. With an elderly mum and a landscape-painting wife, he had no shortage of inspiration for this story.

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