I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some … - Garth Nix

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The New York Times credited me with the rediscovery and revival of red velvet cake. I consider this as one of my great life achievements.

Garth Nix

I think there is a kind of laconic Australian leg-pulling sense of humor that is certainly in some of my stories, or is an element in some of my books, and that's probably a direct result of where I've grown up. But other than that I don't draw particularly on the Australian landscape or the Australian biology and so on. So I don't think there's anything you could point to and say is particularly Australian.

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