Brian Caswell was born in a village called Gwernaffield in Wales,on the 13th of January, 1954.. His family moved to England, when he was 5 years old. At the age of 12, in 1966, Caswell's family moved to Australia. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education, and graduated from Sydney University. In the 1970s, Caswell took up singing and songwriting, and was successful for a short period, one of his songs making the top 40 music charts; before becoming a school teacher.

Caswell taught at several high schools, mainly as a history, English and creative writing. For 15 years he worked as a teacher, before he wrote his first book, Merryll of the Stone, in 1989. He gave up teaching after his success with the novel, and began to write full-time. Caswell is married, with three sons and a daughter, and lives in Tumbi Umbi, New South Wales, with his wife, Marlene.

• Merryll of the Stones (1989)
• A Dream of Stars (1991)
• A Cage of Butterflies (1992)
• Mike (1993)
• Lisdalia (1994)
• Dreamslip (1994)
• Darryl (1995)
• Deucalion (1995)
• Maddie (1995)
• Sweet Revenge (1995)
• Asturias (1996)
• Relax Max! (1997)
• Only the Heart (1997), co-authored with David Phu An Chiem.
• Gargantua (1998)
• Gladiators in the Holo-Colosseum (1998)
• Messengers of the Great Orff (1998)
• TeeDee and the Collectors, or How It All Began (1998)
• The View from Ararat (1998)
• Double Exposure (2005)
• Loop (2006)

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