Thomas William Shapcott AO (born 21 March 1935)[3] is an Australian poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer and teacher.
Thomas William Shapcott[4] was born in Ipswich, Queensland, and attended the Ipswich Grammar School with his twin brother, who was born on the previous day (20 March 1935).
By age 19, he had written a number of works, but he turned away from music when he discovered a string quartet he had written unconsciously plagiarised a chamber work by Ernest Bloch.
Thomas Shapcott was appointed an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia in 1989.
[4] First Seed Ripening an album by Elixir and Katie Noonan.