Nick Milligan has been a force in the Australian music industry for 18 years, whether it be as an influential freelance music journalist or his recent years working in festival promotion. Milligan's literary career officially began in 2014 with the release of his debut novel Enormity. Heralded as a modern classic, the sprawling and fiercely original epic is a scathing and dark rumination on religion, the music industry and celebrity worship. The 34-year-old then published the short story collection Tomcat Feelings in 2017, again showcasing his humanist flair for the erotic and abstract. Now Milligan is writing future works. Stay tuned. Since 2002 Milligan has profiled some of the world’s most influential artists. He has been published in Frankie, Rolling Stone, YEN, Smash Hits, Hotpress, Dazed and Confused, and Reverb Magazine. He was the editor-in-chief of Reverb Magazine, the music and film editor of YEN Magazine and has worked as a sub-editor at YEN, Dazed and Confused, Frankie and The Maitland Mercury. Milligan has interviewed (amongst many others) Matt Damon, Bret Easton Ellis, Dylan Moran, Ice Cube, Slash, Rhys Darby, Bill Bailey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Cooper, Juliette Lewis, Frank Black (Pixies), Brandon Boyd (Incubus), Johnny Borrell (Razorlight), Glen Hansard, Gotye, GZA, Charles ‘Bud’ Tingwell, Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Daniel Johns (Silverchair), Dweezil Zappa, Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Pete Townshend (The Who), Kimbra, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Huey Lewis, The Presets, Empire Of The Sun, Chan Marshall (Cat Power), Marilyn Manson, Courtney Taylor-Taylor (Dandy Warhols), Anton Newcombe (Brian Jonestown Massacre), Paul McDermott, Dave Hughes, John Mayall, Joe Perry (Aerosmith), James Mercer (The Shins), Tori Amos, Amanda Palmer, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Brian ‘Danger Mouse’ Burton, Sarah Blasko and Kings Of Leon. Milligan also hosts a weekly music and film trivia night in his home town of Newcastle, which has gathered a cult following over the past six years.