When a young Holden Sheppard realised blokes weren't meant to talk about feelings, he began to write stories instead. Twenty years later, the boy from Geraldton, Western Australia is a multi-award winning author.

Holden's debut novel Invisible Boys achieved both commercial and critical success, winning many accolades including the WA Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer. Invisible Boys has now been adapted for television as a ten-episode Stan Original Series, which premiered in February 2025 and became the #1 TV show nationally on Stan Australia upon release. 

Holden's second book The Brink won the Ena Noel Award and the Young Adult category prize at the Indie Book Awards, and was shortlisted for several others.

Holden's third book King of Dirt - his first novel for adults - will be published in June 2025 by Pantera Press. He is currently editing his fourth novel, a sequel to Invisible Boys.

Holden lives in Perth's far north with his husband and his V8 ute.