Robert Hillman is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction and biography. His most recent biography, My Life as a Traitor, written with Zarha Ghahramani, came out in 2007 and will appear in numerous overseas editions this year. His 2004 autobiography, The Boy in the Green Suit, won the Australian National Biography Award for 2005.
His collaboration with Najaf Mazari on The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif grew out of an abiding interest in the hardships and triumphs of refugees. He has a particular empathy for and interest in Middle Eastern and Central Asian peoples and cultures, having travelled and worked in a number of countries of that grew out of an abiding interest in the hardships and triumphs of refugees. He has a particular empathy for and interest in Middle Eastern and Central Asian peoples and cultures, having travelled and worked in a number of countries of that region.
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Robert Hillman adalah penulis fiksi dan biografi berbasis di Melbourne. Biografinya yang paling akhir, My Life as a Traitor, ditulis bersama Zarha Ghahramani, terbit tahun 2007 dan akan muncul di banyak edisi asing tahun ini. Otobiografinya yang terbit tahun 2004, The boy in the Green Suit, memenangkan Australian Biography Award tahun 2005.
Kolaborasinya dengan Najaf Mazari dalam The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif¬ tumbuh dari ketertarikan yang lama ada akan kerasnya kehidupan dan keberhasilan yang dicapai para pengungsi. Dia punya empati dan ketertarikan pada orang-orang serta budaya dari Timur Tengah dan Asia Tengah, setelah mengunjungi dan bekerja di beberapa Negara di daerah itu.
