Born in Geelong, south west of Melbourne, Australia, Stuart Rosson was educated at Geelong College and Deakin University. After a Bachelor of Science and a brief foray into molecular biology, he studied journalism before landing a job as the medical and science writer for the Sun News Pictorial in Melbourne. Throughout the mid to late 80's he covered news and feature stories relating to every aspect of science, health and medicine. Returning from overseas in 1989, he purchased a restaurant - casting himself as manager and chef of a small French eatery. The restaurant was listed in the Age Good Food Guide but, fell victim to the localised recession which followed the collapse of Geelong's home-grown building society. Moving to Torquay on the Surfcoast, he spent most of the 90's managing the mountainwear division of a local surf company, where he was often co-opted into writing marketing copy for the global corporation. After leaving the Surf Industry he studied natural medicine and astrology, and went on to practice as a naturopath until 2009. He claims the idea for 'East' came to him whilst up a ladder cleaning out the gutters at my mother's house. By the time he came down the ladder he had the 'bare bones' of the plot for all three books. The first book in the trilogy was completed a few years ago, but went on the shelf whilst he built himself a house in Torquay. Now after being edited by accomplished local editor, Nan McNab, East will be released at the end of November 2018.