Brendan Shanahan (born 1979) is an Australian journalist and author. Shanahan was born in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, but grew up in

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

, the Australian capital. He has an

honours degree Honours degree has various meanings in the context of different degrees and education systems. Most commonly it refers to a variant of the undergraduate bachelor's degree containing a larger volume of material or a higher standard of study, or ...

in Art History and Curatorship from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton encompasses seven teaching and research colleges, in addition to several national academies and ...

in Canberra. While at university, Shanahan was the editor of the ANU Student Newspaper,

Woroni ''Woroni'' is the student newspaper of the Australian National University (ANU), based in Canberra, ACT, Australia. The name "Woroni" derives from an Indigenous Australian word meaning "mouthpiece". ''Woroni'' is published bi-monthly in full co ...

. He is the author of 2008's ''In Turkey I Am Beautiful'', a memoir of his travels in Turkey, and ''The Secret Life of the Gold Coast''.

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brendanshanahan.net:
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In Turkey I Am Beautiful: Official Website

of The Secret Life of the Gold Coast''
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