An abridged edition of the bestselling memoir
Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even know about?
In this young readers' edition of his bestselling autobiography, follow Stan's journey of overcoming impossible odds to achieve his dreams and make peace with his past.
An abridged edition of the bestselling memoir
Stan Walker is one of Aotearoa's most famous singers. But nothing ever came easy for Stan. What were the chances of success for a kid whose parents had both been in jail? Whose world had been filled with drugs and violence and things no kid should even know about?
In this young readers' edition of his bestselling autobiography, follow Stan's journey of overcoming impossible odds to achieve his dreams and make peace with his past.
Stan Walker is a trans-Tasman musician, performing artist and
actor. He was born in Melbourne and grew up between Tauranga, New
Zealand, and Ocean Shores, New South Wales. Walker was the winner
of the seventh and final season of Australian Idol in 2009, and was
a judge on the first and second season of The X Factor NZ, in 2013
and 2015. Over the past decade Walker has become one of Aotearoa's
most respected figures, and continues to devote much of his life to
his family, his people, and to maoritanga.
Stan has earned eight gold and five platinum singles as well as one
double platinum and one triple platinum single in New Zealand.
Along the way, Walker has received eight New Zealand Music Awards
and five ARIA Music Award nominations. He's won the Waiata Maori
Award for Radio Airplay Record of the Year five times, in 2010,
2011 and then three consecutive years in a row from 2013 to
2015.
Walker has also appeared in the feature films Mount Zion (2013),
Born to Dance (2015) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016).
He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
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