He worked as a map editor, book jacket designer and pastry chef before moving to Australia in 2003.
His writing has appeared in The Age, Condé Nast Traveller, Five Chapters, HuffPost, Meanjin, The Monthly, Monument, Overland, Sleepers Almanac and Torpedo's Greatest Hits.
The novel drew attention even from international prize committees, and he got shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year and the ALS Gold Medal, as well as longlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the International Dublin Literary Award.
The Easy Way Out, first published in 2016 by Hachette Australia, is set in an unnamed city where assisted dying is legal.
The essay tackles the loneliness experienced by expatriates as a result of travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.