Max Barry

About

Max Barry is the author of the novels Syrup (an LA Times Best Book of the Year), Jennifer Government (a New York Times Notable Book), and Company (a New York Times bestseller), and the web serial Machine Man.

He is also creator of the online political game NationStates, which has been played by over two million people.

His next novel, Lexicon, will be published in 2013.

He is 39 and lives in Melbourne with his wife and two daughters.

Past Events

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The Writer's Mix Tape

Max Barry

Max Barry, Rob Jan

Past event

9 Aug

Emerging Writers' Festival Program Launch

Mel Campbell, Lisa Dempster, Oslo Davis, Max Barry, Ben Birchall

Past event

4 May

Experimenta: Wired-up World

Charlie Sofo, Max Barry, Phip Murray, Abigail Moncrieff

Past event

15 Nov

Science Fiction Addiction

Jane Rawson, Andrew Macrae, Lucy Sussex, Doug Hendrie, Max Barry

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27 Oct

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