Richard Glover
Richard Glover’s most recent book is How to Ruin a Child – a journey into the alarming, hilarious and ever-changing advice given to Australian parents.
He is also author of Best Wishes, a book about making the world a better, less annoying place, one wish at a time; and of Love, Clancy – a collection of the letters sent home by his dog Clancy to his parents in the bush. His bestseller The Land Before Avocado is an account of the bizarre Australia of the late 60s and early 70s.
Richard’s previous books also include Flesh Wounds, which was voted one of the top five books of the year by viewers of ABC television’s “The Book Club” and won the Readers’ Choice Award as Biography of the Year in the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards.
Richard has written regularly for the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Washington Post. For many years, he presented the comedy program Thank God It’s Friday on ABC local radio.