Alan is a freelance writer with involvement in over 110 publications. He has had fiction, non-fiction and school texts published by a variety of Australian and OS publishers. About 25 of his publications are children's fiction for the 6 to 16 age groups. Fiction publishers include, Macmillan, Blake, Lothian, Pearson, Wendy Pye (NZ), and Thomson Nelson. His books have been released in UK, Canada, USA, NZ and Canada. One has been translated into Danish and a Creative Writing textbook was translated into German. The YA novel The Rats of Wolfe Island was included in NSW Premier's Reading Challenge list for schools. A younger reader novel, The Great Hair Robbery, was in the Tasmanian Premier's Reading List. Cadaver Dog, was used as a text in a number of Junior High School classes. Most of his educational texts are with Pascal Press focusing on achieving success in the NAPLAN testing program. He has created texts for Excel NAPLAN-style apps. Alan has worked at UNSW as a English Research Officer, creating basic skills type test papers. At present he reviews and prepares questions and papers a private educational assessment firm. Alan has conducted school writing working shops across Australia and New Zealand. His focus is on promoting creative writing. In 2004 he became 'Writer in Residence' for Domremy College in Five Dock, Sydney then at Bungwahl School, NSW. He has won awards in a variety of writing competitions. A Grave Business, released in 2016, is an ebook with a hard copy version which is being used a high school text.
