Dominic Gordon is from Melbourne. His work has appeared Meanjin, The Suburban Review, Visible Ink and other literary journals. In 2016 he created and produced a radio play that was broadcast on Radio National's, Soundproof program, called 'Cooked in the Big Smoke'. In 2018 Dominic was awarded a Berry Street Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria. Excitable Boy- Essays on Risk is his first book.