#TristanBancks - Kaylee, Shehan and Leah chat with bestselling author of ‘My Life and Other Mistakes’ Tristan Bancks. Tristan is also a filmmaker and television presenter with a background as an actor, including a 2 year stint on the oh-so-popular Aussie classic, Home and Away! Tristan strives to tell inspiring, fast-moving stories for young people and he has written a number of books for kids and teens, including the Mac Slater, Coolhunter series, ‘It’s Yr Life’ and ‘Two Wolves’, which received rave reviews.
Tristan is also the writer-ambassador for Room to Read,which rose over $20,000 for 20,000 local language books for kids in the developing world. In collaboration with his publisher Random House, Tristan has launched a national writing competition for kids to tell their own crazy life stories... listen to this great podcast to find out more!
http://www.tristanbancks.com/
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