Tristan Bancks
TRISTAN BANCKS is a writer and filmmaker. He has a background as an actor and television presenter in Australia and the UK. His short films have won a number of awards and have screened widely in festivals and on TV. Tristan has written a number of books for kids and teens, including the MAC SLATER, COOLHUNTER series. Tristan's drive is to tell inspiring, fast-moving stories for young people. Find out more at www.tristanbancks.com or www.macslater.com.au
News and Blog
FRIDAY Astred Hicks was the cover designer on my Mac Slater, Coolhunter books and now she has designed the splotchy, goopy, messed-up internals of My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up. Here, she gives insight into the book design process. 1. Where do you begin when considering how to lay out a book? What inspired your approach to My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up? The brief for My...
THURSDAY Illustrator Gus Gordon was a natural choice to illustrate My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up. We set him loose on the book with very little guidance and he became the other half of Tom Weekly's brain. Here he gives insight into an illustration process that reflected his own childhood. In Gus's words: Tom Weekly reminded me very much of my 12-year-old self. It wasn’t...
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Books by Tristan Bancks
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My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up
by Tristan BancksA nail-biting - no, make that toe-biting - thrill ride through one boy's life.
Published: 01/07/2011
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It's Yr Life
by Tristan Bancks And Tempany DeckertSparks fly in this unputdownable young adult novel about two teenagers who don't get along - until it becomes a matter of life or death.
Published: 01/06/2009
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Mac Slater Coolhunter 2: I Heart NY
by Tristan BancksMac Slater has discovered what he thinks is the coolest thing in New York City. Maybe even the world. But he's not allowed to tell a soul.
Published: 02/02/2009
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Mac Slater Coolhunter 1: The Rules Of Cool
by Tristan BancksThe first in a new edge-of-your-seat fiction series about the hunt for the coolest things on earth
Published: 01/07/2008
