Jock Serong grew up
in the suburbs of Melbourne. As a student and a young lawyer, he volunteered
with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service.
After moving back to Western
Victoria where the land and landscape inspired him, Jock published and edited
the ‘Great Ocean Quarterly’ and written five outstanding novels: ‘Quota’, ‘The
Rules of Backyard Cricket’, ‘On the Java Ridge’, ‘Preservation’ and ‘The
Burning Island’. He splits his time between Port Fairy and Flinders Island in
Bass Strait.
