Short Biography

I'm Josh Peterken, a twenty-one-year-old student, studying creative writing at RMIT. 2018 is the second year of my course, with my first year being completed in 2016. I took a year off from my studies in 2017 due to personal reasons. I particularly like to write fiction, especially popular fiction. While I have never had my work published, I am reaching the finishing stages of a fantasy novel which I will seek to publish in 2019. I have always loved popular fiction for its ability to send the reader to another world, and its ability to tell powerful stories in unexpected ways. Because of this, my two literary heroes are Stephen King and Brandon Sanderson. The most surprising fact about me is that I got married to my partner of four years in February of 2018. We are both students and live over an hour away from our universities, but are enjoying life just as it is, no matter what challenges come our way.

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