Leigh is a writer who above all loves a good yarn. His novels, stories and plays are tightly plotted, suspenseful, with a powerful sense of place. Some have a touch of gothic and the supernatural. Leigh lives in nipaluna/Hobart with his family in a charming weatherboard cottage with views of the Derwent River and Mount Wellington. Since making a ‘sea … Read More about About Leigh
‘The tales’…shapes converge, with a satisfying precision, on the agony of the instant. Swinbourne’ s fiction provokes and entertains, teases and disturbs, with admirable, and unpretentious vitality.’- The Age
‘(Swinbourne) demonstrates a rare confidence with language that makes for compelling reading.’- The Weekend Australian
‘Even the shorter stories quickly create an atmosphere of foreboding and menace.’- The Sydney Morning Herald