 His first full length literary work, was "Nature Boy" 2004, a part-autobiographical work detailing a little-known aspect of early Australian colonial life from the perspective of four generations of his family.This work attracted some interest on ABC Radio 774

This was followed by "They called me The Wildman"  2008, which was shortlisted to five for the South Australian Premier's Literary Awards in 2010, won by David Malouf.This work is an account of Henricke Nelsen's life, a 19th-century recluse in Australia and a contemporary of the bushranger, Ned Kelly.