The Toymaker

Liam Pieper is a Melbourne-based author and journalist. His first book was a memoir, The Feel-Good Hit of the Year, shortlisted for the National Biography Award and the Ned Kelly Best True Crime award. His second was the Penguin Special Mistakes Were Made, a volume of humorous essays. He was co-recipient of the 2014 M Literary Award, winner of the 2015 Geoff Dean Short Story Prize and the inaugural creative resident of the UNESCO City of Literature of Prague. The Toymaker is his first novel.

Damian de Montemas is an Australian actor who has worked consistently in television, theatre and film since graduating from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1999. He has appeared in films Somersault (2004), Warrior King (2005) and Blame (2010), and Australian TV series Neighbours, Home and Away and the acclaimed mini-series Wolf Creek. In 2009 he won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama Supporting Role for his portrayal of Brian Alexander in Underbelly II.