John Byron is a Brisbane based writer and academic. He has worked in higher education and research administration and policy for two decades in a variety of capacities, as well as serving on numerous sector and government bodies. He co-edited the academic work Anatomies of Violence (University of Sydney), and his writing has appeared in The Australian, Campus Review, Meanjin, Cultural Studies and The Conversation, The Australian Book Review, Rip It Up and Time Out. The Tribute is his first novel.