Rory Shaw McGinleyRory was born in London UK in 1951 to a Jewish mother and Irish father. The family moved around the London suburbs often, from Lewisham to Stanwell, before migrating as a family to Australia in 1963 and settling in Melbourne Victoria. Rory wrote poety and songs in his teens and early adulthood. He took up writing poetry again in his fifties and sixties, publishing two collections of poetry for gifts for his friends. Bob Dylan has had big influence on Rory's writings, along Joni Mitchel and Leonard Cohen. Also reading authors such as George Orwell, Albert Camus and Kafka has influenced Rory's writing and his way of life. He lives in Crib point in Victoria Australia, writing every day and still working in Construction, as he has done for most of working life. Joseph's Career is his first published novel. Read More Read Less