William Brandt has a Diploma in Acting from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, and an MA in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters, where he now teaches short fiction. His short fiction collection, Alpha Male, won the Montana Award for Best First Book and his novel, The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life, was short listed for the Prize in Modern Letters and was one of the New Zealand Herald’s ten best books of the decade. His stage play, Verbatim, has toured to Edinburgh, China and the US. He has been published in New Zealand, the UK, the US, Australia, France and Italy. He teaches creative writing at Arohata and Rimutaka Prisons, and is a board member of the Write Where You Are Trust. He is currently working as a screenwriter in New Zealand and the US.

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
7.15pm, 7 Nov: The Art of the Short (LitCrawl)