By Goya Dmytryshchak
An award-winning TV writer has published his first book after his children kept asking what happened to his hair.
Newport’s Trent Roberts came up with an answer that forms the title of his book: A Dinosaur Ate Dad’s Hair.
Yes, that’s right – a Ty-eat-your-hair-us Rex ate “bald dad’s” hair.
Roberts has been a TV writer for 15 years, including writing three episodes of the award-winning ABC ME series,
Little Lunch.
“I was mainly doing adult drama and comedy, and then about five years ago I was writing for a show called
Upper Middle Bogan on the ABC,” he said.
“The creators of that then went on to make a show called Little Lunch, which was a really successful ABC kids’ show.
“That led to other kids’ shows.”
Roberts said he loved writing kids’ TV so much, it inspired him to write a children’s book.
“I got the idea for A Dinosaur Ate Dad’s Hair because my kids, Gypsy and Felix, and their friends always ask me how I lost my hair and I make up silly stories to try and make them laugh,” he said.
Roberts is currently writing a chapter book titled Stunt Kids for children aged eight to 12, to be published by Pan MacMillan.
A Dinosaur Ate Dad’s Hair, published by Scholastic, is available in most big stores including Target, Big W, Dymocks, Angus & Robertson and Booktopia.
