Scott Monk is an Australian author

Author

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. Monk was born in Macksville

Macksville, New South Wales

Macksville is a small town on the Nambucca River in Nambucca Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It is halfway between Sydney and Brisbane.-Town information:...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

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. He later lived in North Ryde, attending local public school Peter Board High, before moving to South Australia

South Australia

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 to join the The Advertiser as a cadet journalist. In 1999 he won South Australia's Young Journalist of the Year Award.

Monk has written many Australian novels including:

• Raw
  RAW (novel)
  RAW is a young adult fiction novel by Australian author Scott Monk. First published by Random House Australia in 1998, it has been reprinted 3 times. RAW is a tale of a teenager named Brett Dalton who has been sentenced to three months at The Farm for a break and enter charge. Brett learns a lot...
  
  
• The Crush
• Boyz 'R' Us
• The Never Boys
• Beyond The Knock-Knock Door

Monk also contributed an article to Quadrant magazine arguing for the teaching of scripture in Australian schools.
He has also been to famous schools like Cherrybrook Technology High School.

External links

• Short biography of Monk - Retrieved on 2008-04-06
• Interview at Centre for Public Christianity