Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong man born in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. He is a member of the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative of southern Victoria and has been the director of the Australian Studies Project for the Commonwealth Schools Commission. Bruce has had a varied career as a teacher, farmer, fisherman, barman, fencing contractor, lecturer, Aboriginal language researcher, archaeological site worker and editor. Books include the short story collections Night Animals and Nightjar ; the novels Fox , Ruby Eyed Coucal , Ribcage , Shark , Earth , and Ocean ; historical works Cape Otway: Coast of secrets and Convincing Ground ; the childrens' book Foxies in a Firehose and the young adult fiction Fog a Dox , which won the Prime Ministers Literary Award for YA Fiction, 2013.