Dr. Tronn Overend is the ‘favourite fourth son’ of Best and Bernice Overend. Born in 1950, he was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne. In 1971 he graduated from The University of New England, in Armidale NSW, with majors in Philosophy and Sociology. In 1972 he received First Class Honours in Sociology. His Doctorate was conferred in 1979, from LaTrobe University, Melbourne, where he tutored in the Department of Sociology for nine years. The author of Social Idealism and the Problem of Objectivity (Queensland University Press, 1983), he is also the author of numerous articles in leading International Journals on Social Theory and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences. Tramp to Shanghai: a Young Man’s Tale Before the War was first published as an iBook in 2012. Extracts from Tramp have been published in Quadrant, along with contributions in the field of Aesthetics. More recently, articles on Art and Architecture have been published by The Fortnightly Review. He is married to Elizabeth Corrigan. They have a Boxer, a Spoodle, three children and three grandchildren.

Tronn Overend can be contacted at: tronnoverend@gmail.com