Biography

Richard Glover’s most recent book is “Love, Clancy” – a collection of the letters sent home by his dog Clancy to his parents in the bush. Of the book, Julia Baird said: “Unnervingly accurate, always funny, Richard Glover effortlessly inhabits the fine mind of a dog”.

He is also author of the bestseller “The Land Before Avocado” – a journey into a lost Australia, the bizarre Australia of the late 60s and early 70s. It’s been described by Hugh Mackay as “warm, wise and very, very funny”, and by Annabel Crabb as “Hilarious and horrifying, the ultimate intergenerational conversation starter’ .

Richard’s previous books include “Flesh Wounds – a comic romp for anyone whose family was not what they ordered”, described by the British writer Jeanette Winterson as “Sad, funny, revealing, optimistic and hopeful” and by The Australian as “a breathtaking accomplishment in style and empathy”.

Richard’s weekly humour column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over thirty years. He writes regularly for The Washington Post and also presents the top-rating Drive show on ABC radio in Sydney. In December 2011 he and Peter Fitzsimons achieved a record for the world’s longest radio interview, supervised by the Guinness Book of Records.