Kristin Wiedenbach became a writer after completing postdoctoral research at Stanford University in the United States. She has won several international awards for her writing and her articles have appeared in Science, Australian Geographic and academic publications. She is the author of Mailman of the Birdsville Track and the children's picture book, Tom the Outback Mailman, illustrated by Timothy Ide, and winner of the Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award, 2013.
Full of characters - Daily Telegraph Told with honesty and vigour - Sydney Morning Herald A tribute to a man who earned the love of a whole generation of Australians and shows us that the pioneer characteristics of guts and good-natured stoicism are still beautiful - The Age