Elliott Collinson is a writer, producer, and former athlete (of no notable history) who believes in going too far, then writing his way back. He doesn't claim to be a literary voice in the traditional sense, but he does claim the wreckage of his very colourful past. His work comes from a place most people spend their lives trying to avoid: the deep end of self-invention.Born in Perth and now based in Sydney, Elliott's path to authorship wasn't linear. He didn't find writing through academia or quiet reflection; he found it by losing himself inside characters he never intended to live through. What began as screenwriting became a kind of emotional possession. He calls it method writing, a creative process so immersive it blurred the boundary between fiction and identity. The result was something he now refers to as self-inflicted bipolar storytelling - the psychological whiplash of embodying too many truths at once without ever stepping back.Dead Versions of Me is his first book, part memoir, part emotional autopsy, and part literary graveyard. It's a reckoning with the selves we become while chasing meaning, survival, applause, or silence. Through poetic narrative and psychological grit, Elliott offers not healing, but honesty. And sometimes, that's the more dangerous thing.He is currently developing multiple companion projects across graphic novels, screen adaptations, and experimental formats through Dead Versions Creative. His diary is full. His ghosts are louder than ever. And somehow, he's just getting started.