Winton Higgins is a writer and academic.  He was born in Sydney in 1941 and holds degrees from the Universities of London, Stockholm and Sydney.  After a brief period at the NSW Bar he changed careers to research, write and reach in the social sciences, first at Macquarie University, then the University of Technology, Sydney.  He has taught in comparative genocide studies at both these places, and sits on the board of the Australian Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies.  As a creative writer he won the 2002 NSW Writers’ Centre short story competition, and in 2003 published his Holocaust themed travel diary, Journey into Darkness.  He lives in Sydney with his partner; they have two adult daughters and two grandchildren.

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