Lucas North

I was very saddened by the news of the loss of author Lucas North from our Australian writing community. Lucas was a tour de force, a prolific novelist, and writer generally, and someone who contributed a significant amount to us all. He reviewed an early draft of my debut novel's manuscript and provided invaluable feedback. I first met him when I attended a workshop that he ran on dealing with rejection, which despite the obvious self-depreciating humour in the title, was one of the best workshops I have attended, and what I learned there often encouraged me to continue in the face of difficulties over the years. Really the workshop was about resilience. Lucas was incredibly resilient and hard-working in the craft. In fact he achieved a considerable amount in terms of writing success, but the most important thing is that he continued to make a contribution to us all. Our community will be the poorer for his absence.