Told in raw voices stripped of polish, I’m still here is the story of a family unraveled by illness, violence, and obsession. It is about names spoken into silence, the echoes that remain, and the cost of keeping one truth alive when everything else is lost.
John Berry was born in Rhodesia. He lived there for six years then emigrated to Durban, South Africa. He went to Marist Brothers College. After matriculation, he did national service as a paratrooper and fought in the Angolan war in 1975. He traveled extensively, lived in England for two years, then emigrated to Brisbane, Australia. He spends his time researching and writing fiction stories.