ABOUT
When Gary N. Lines heard the words ‘forgive those who trespass against us’,
he laughed heartily, and allowed the adverb just this once.
Meet The Author
DISRUPTER
TRUTH-SEEKER
CYNIC-AT-LARGE
A nomad, a philosopher...
As a writer Gary N. Lines is always thinking, listening and watching. He not only hears what people say, but what they mean. He watches the things people do and when they do them. He does not concern himself about why people do anything, as those explanations are often elaborate lies—lies they tell themselves, and lies they tell others, and the gap that exists between the two. It is in these gaps that Lines’ narratives explore and expose the deception.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche, German Philosopher
Absurdism: The search for meaning in a meaningless universe...
OR
Why a random act of dropping your keys will always end up with them in the nearest toilet.
Gary's novels, What Will Happen to You? and Doing Life in Paradise, are a testament to his unique ability to blend humour and pathos, darkness and light. With a masterful hand, he weaves tales that challenge your perceptions, tickle your intellect, and leave you pondering the profound absurdity of existence, or at least question it.
As with Gary’s debut novel Doing Life In Paradise, What Will Happen to You? is a work of fiction. Everything is made up—except that potatoes are grown in Australia, that’s true. None of the characters exist or are based on any actual persons—any similarities are purely coincidental, except for Dunleavy de Boston. If anyone knows of his whereabouts, please contact the author—the last time he was around, he nicked the barbecue.
from page to stage
Gary honed his writing skills in the corridors of NYU and The New School in New York; studied Story development under the expertise of
the infamous Robert McKee in Los Angeles; and conquered Postmodernism through his Masters degree at Flinders University in
Adelaide, South Australia.
He's written seven screen plays, three novels, countless short stories, and a play. His words have leapt from the page to the stage, with
productions by the Queensland Theatre Company, flickering across television screens in Bryan Brown series "Twisted Tales." He's tasted
victory in national writing competitions and endured the bittersweet sting of being runner-up, or worse, not even runner-up.
Though not every creation progressed, they all contributed to his development as a thought-provoking writer.
Beyond the Page:
A Glimpse into Gary's World
Gary N. Lines path to literary recognition has been anything but ordinary, as he straddled a paradoxical career between two disconnected worlds—where the imperative was to conceal one from the other; one was his survival, the other was his passion.
Gary’s writing took hold between the avenues of New York City following an illustrious corporate career where he traversed the world...wishing he was someone else, doing something else, being somewhere else. One cathartic night, under a brilliant black sky in the depths of Soweto, while watching a play called ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ ,Gary left his business career behind, boarded a Pan Am flight back to New York, and in a quiet corner booth in The Russian Tea Room on West 57th Street, picked up his pen. Gary has lived in Paris, New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Byron Bay, and Westport Connecticut, on Old Mill Road. His latest novel was written primarily in Santa Monica, California, but also in Hardwicke Bay, South Australia, and one laborious weekend in Grafton village in Vermont, together with many lost weekends in The Empire Hotel’s bar, in New York City.
Gary lives between the gaps, and that is where he writes—in that gap.
