Christopher BennettChristopher Bennett was born and raised in the working-class suburb of Fitzroy in the 1950s and 1960s. A cheeky and boisterous kid of migrant parents, he roamed the streets and nearby haunts for fun and adventure and found much more than he bargainedfor.Roy Boy took eleven years to write because life kept getting in the way. Other than writing, Chris has been a Tai Chi practitioner and teacher for more than 35 years and loves spending time photographing the world around him.Though life has taken him out of Fitzroy to live among the gum trees and kookaburras of the Dandenong Ranges, he still considers himself a Roy Boy. Wherever he goes, Fitzroy will always be with him - it's part of his DNA. Read More Read Less