Brian Albert Castro (born 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist.
His father was of Spanish, Portuguese, and English descent, and born in Shanghai.
His first language was Cantonese Chinese, but his maternal grandmother taught him English, and he also learnt Macanese Portuguese (spoken in Macao) and French.
[1] He moved to Australia in 1961,[2] first attending a boarding school in Sydney,[1]at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill and the University of Sydney, after which he worked in Australia, France and Hong Kong as a teacher and writer.
Shanghai Dancing was published by Giramondo in March 2003, winning the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the NSW Premier's Award, and was named NSW Book of the Year.