AustLit

'Loukas Mexis was born in Athens, Greece in 1983, and sixteen years later he rode his first motorcycle. He worked as a journalist and contributor for Askmen of IGN group, as well as a columnist for Agora Dialogue, a Melbourne-based human rights portal. He published his first Greek novel Shoebox in 2010 and his second Shoot Me in 2012.

In 2011 he had an accident while riding his motocross bike which resulted in him losing his left ankle and adding an extra plate and ten pins to his leg. This misfortune fueled a series of events, recounted in his first English novel Flat Track.

Once able to walk again, he first visited California and then came to Australia thanks to a scholarship. He acquired a MA of Arts in Communication Management at Murdoch University of Western Australia, where he also joined the Australian Café Racers of Perth.' (Source: Amazon website)