Brendan Gullifer

Brendan Gullifer (born 1959) is an Australian writer based in Melbourne who is the current chief of staff to the independent Victorian senator John Madigan.
His first book, The Pocketbook of Aussie Patriotism, a compact guide to Australian history, was published by Black Inc books in January 2007. Brendan's debut novel, Sold, a black comedy set in the Melbourne real estate industry, was published in April 2009 by Sleepers Publishing.
Gullifer produced and hosted two podcasts, The Naked Novelist, for fiction writers, and The Chill Factory, featuring new releases in jazz, ambient, new age and world music. They had upwards of 50,000 downloads. In May 2007, he began cohosting Published or Not, a weekly program for writers on Melbourne radio station, 3CR. He has also made appearances as Scotch College as part of their Literature Festival.
Gullifer has a master's degree in creative media from RMIT University and post-graduate qualifications in teaching English. Brendan was awarded 'Journalist of the Year Award' in 2011 by WindTurbineSyndrome.com being described as "An Australian. A novelist who’s not afraid to “muck-rake,”" and compared favourably to Henry L. Mencken.