A writer and magazine editor for most of his career, Fraser Beath McEwing has been published in many leading Australian magazines and newspapers. His experience in the Melbourne textile industry led him to become Managing Editor of Rupert Murdoch's Australian Fashion News. In 1972, he founded his own Australian fortnightly fashion industry newspaper, Ragtrader, and ran it for twenty years. Fraser Beath McEwing is also a fiction writer. His first novel, Feel the Width, was published in 1994. It took a satirical look at the Australian fashion industry of the 1960s. His experience in the early 1990s with network marketing formed the basis of his second satirical novel, Cafe. His Adam Exx trilogy delves into speculative fiction. Back in the real world, his book Why Does My Dog Bark? takes readers on a journey of discovery about the reasons behind human behaviour.In addition to being a writer, Fraser has been a textile wholesaler, furniture importer and retailer, a champion squash player, a competitive tennis player, and a pianist. In 2012, he became a classical music concert reviewer for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and built up a wide audience. He is a board member of the Theme & Variations Foundation that assists young Australian pianists in achieving their goals.
