Tricia Shantz Author

Tricia Shantz is a social geographer, research consultant, and author who works and lives in Byron Bay, Australia.

She is committed to knowing the environmental and social construct of her community. Tricia co-wrote and published her first two books with Rusty Miller: Turning Point Surf Portraits and Stories from Bells to Byron 1970 – 1971 in 2012 and Turning Point II Surf Portraits and Stories Hawaii: Oahu-Kauai-Maui 1968-1972 in 2014. A third book, No Fixed Abode; Stories from the streets around Byron Bay in 2017, was in association with the Byron Bay Community Centre and Byron Writers Festival.

Neverland. American and Australian surfers in Byron Bay 1960s and 1970s was published in 2022. She co-publishes and edits the Rusty’s Byron Guide magazine about people, politics and culture. Her next book Musicland. How the Music came to Byron 1970-1995 is being released in August this year.