Venero Armanno

Venero Armanno

Now an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Art at The University of Queensland, Venero Armanno has written young adult fiction, drama, film scripts and eleven novels. His books include My Beautiful Friend (1995), Strange Rain (1996), The Volcano (2001) which won a Queensland Premier’s Award for Best Australian Novel, The Dirty Beat (2007), and, most recently, The Crying Forest (2021). His short stories have been included in anthologies in Barcelona, Hungary, Canada and Serbia. For more information visit veneroarmanno.com