Writer of children's stories and academic working in the field of International Relations.

안녕하십니까! 저는 크리스입니다. 저는 호주 작가 입니다. 시드니 대학 에서 한국말 을 공부했습니다. 한국말 연습하고싶습니다. 곧 보고십습니다!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Looking forward to meeting new friends with a passion for history and culture and literature (good food, beer, wine and music are also great).

Interests

• writing
• literature
• reading
• history
• india
• japan
• korea

Music, Movies, and Books

Favourite Authors: Marilynne Robinson, Shusaku Endo, Graham Greene, Philip K Dick, Ryszard Kapuściński, Christopher Isherwood, John Kennedy Toole, Rudyard Kipling, Ursula Le Guin, Nikos Kazantzakis, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Kenneth Grahame, Stephen Crane, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Susan Cooper, William Blake, John Donne, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Philip Pullman, J.K. Rowling, George Orwell, John LeCarre, Thomas Harris, Patricia Highsmith, Ian Fleming, William Dalrymple, Herman Melville, Edward St Aubyn, Mitch Cullin, Emily Dickinson, Peter Temple, Han Kang.

Favourite Films: Fanny and Alexander, Spirit of the Beehive, Alien, Aliens, Solaris, Stalker, Amadeus, Blade Runner, Tree of Life, Brazil, Lady Snowblood, Pan’s Labyrinth, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Jackie Brown, Le Samourai, From Russia With Love, The Silence of the Lambs, Rear Window, Vertigo, Waiting For Guffman, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Spirited Away, Mulholland Drive, The Last Temptation of Christ, Laputa: Castle In the Sky, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Samson and Delilah, Sweet Country

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Written a novel! It took my twelve years...but it is published now.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am learning the ukulele. It is glorious. Have I succumbed to my inner hipster? Yes, perhaps I have.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My passion for literature and culture and travel.... also, I am really very clean.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia