William Kostakis

Will Kostakis was born on June 2, 1989 in Sydney, Australia. In 2005, as a high school student, he won the Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year for a collection of short stories. His first novel, Loathing Lola, was published when he was 19 years old. His other novels include The First Third, which won the 2014 Gold Inky Award, and The Sidekicks, which won the 2018 Ena Noël Award.