Popular Australian writer, Trent Dalton (b. 1979), was in kinship care for 12 months as a child.

Trent Dalton was born in Ipswich, Queensland. Until he was 7, he lived with his mother and stepfather. When his mother was sent to prison for 2 years for drug smuggling, he was sent to live, along with his 3 brothers, with his paternal grandparents.

After 12 months, Trent and his brothers moved in with their father.

Trent Dalton began work as a writer for Brisbane News in 2000, later working as a journalist for The Courier-Mail.

In 2018 he published his semi-autobiographical novel Boy Swallows Universe which was adapted as a television series and released on Netflix in January 2024.