{"id":3,"name":"John Purcell","url":"http:\/\/www.johnpurcellauthor.com\/","description":"While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing.\r\n\r\nSince then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers\u2019 festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor\u2019s documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines.\r\n\r\n\u200bNow, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia\u2019s largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection.\r\n\r\nHis novel, The Girl on the Page, was published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/author\/booktopiabookguru\/","slug":"booktopiabookguru","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ade03f606af919593f98d22b66d867fd?s=24&d=identicon&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ade03f606af919593f98d22b66d867fd?s=48&d=identicon&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ade03f606af919593f98d22b66d867fd?s=96&d=identicon&r=g"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}