Barry Divola
Introduction '''Barry Charles Divola''' is an Australian journalist, columnist and author.
Birth and family Divola was born in Sydney, the first son of Kevin Divola. He was educated at Newington College. He lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two young daughters.
Writing career Divola is a regular contributor to ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and was a columnist and feature writer for that newspaper's monthly publication, ''(sydney) magazine'', where he presented the columns ''Street Life'' and ''Hole in the Wall''. He was the music critic for ''Who'', a senior writer for ''Rolling Stone'' and contributor to ''Madison'' and ''Entertainment Weekly''.
Bibliography ===Books===*** ''M is for Metal : The loudest alphabet book on earth'' (with Paul McNeil) – ABC Books, (Syd, 2006)  * ''The Secret Life of Backpackers : A bunk's-eye view of the tourist trail from Bondi to Cairns'' – ABC Books, (Syd, 2008) * ''Nineteen Seventysomething'' – Affirm Press, (2010) ===Essays and reporting===*=== Album reviews ===Album titleArtistReviewed in''Kindred''Passion Pit ''No Pier Pressure''Brian Wilson ''Beat the Champ''The Mountain Goats ''Postcards from Paradise''Ringo Starr ''Carrie & Lowell''Sufjan Stevens
Awards He won the Banjo Paterson Award for short fiction in 2004, 2005 and 2006 for his stories ''Nipple'', ''Cicada Boy'' and ''Nixon''.
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