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Paul Hayden was born in Canada but grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches. While at high school he surfed many of the breaks of Australia's east coast. His short stories have appeared in Southerly, Island, Australian Short Stories, Billy Blue, Northern Perspective, Playboy and Penthouse.
Last Wave was published in Australia, the US and the UK, it received critical acclaim – ‘supercharged with raw Down Under slang but feelingful and witty’ (Kirkus Reviews US), and gathered an underground following with its ‘gritty realism’ (State Library, Victoria), ‘genuine lyricism’ about surfing (Booklist US), willingness not to pull any punches – ‘sex, booze, tears, and teen angst – I couldn’t put it down’ (Transworld Surf US), and general readability – ‘ev ...more