Seventh Tower

Garth Nix was born in Melbourne but spent much of his childhood in Canberra, where he attended Lyneham High School and later Dickson College. He would later join the Australian Army Reserve, and worked for the government before he went back to Canberra University for a professional writing degree. After finishing his college studies he worked at a bookshop before he moved to Sydney to work in publishing. His career progressed relatively fast as he went from sales rep to publicist, and it was not long before he was one of the most respected editors at Australian office of HarperCollins. He soon got bored with publishing and travelled Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Asia before he tried his hand in marketing consultancy. He then established Gotley Nix Evans Pty a marketing company, and worked for Curtis Brown as a literary agent before quitting to write full time. Nix currently lives with his family in Sydney Australia.