Rod MossRod Moss grew up in Melbourne, completing his schooling in Boronia and gaining qualifications to each art at secondary level. Moss was invited to teach in the avant garde, experimental Brinsley Road school that emerged in Melbourne during the early 170s. After a year's interlude in West Virginia, teaching at John G Bennett's school following the principles of Armenian philosopher, George Gurdjieff, Moss relocated to central Australia, where he has lived since 1984. Moss lectured in painting and drawing at the southern campus of Charles Darwin University until his retirement in 2008. Moss is an award-winning, prolific artist and writer. His first memoir, A Thousand Cuts, won the 2014 Chief Minister's NT Book of the Year Award. His second memoir, The Hard Light of Day, received the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and NT Book of the Year. Moss currently exhibits in Alice Springs, Brisbane, Melbourne and the United States. Read More Read Less