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Nicholas Jose grew up in Adelaide. He was educated at the Australian National University and at Oxford. He has lived in England, Italy and China, where he taught Australian Studies and was cultural counsellor at the Australian embassy, Peking between 1987 and 1990. He is the author of two collections of short stories and four novels, including Avenue of Eternal Peace, which was adapted into a television mini-series, and The Rose Crossing.