Jason Gent based in Mansfield in Yuggera Country. He studied Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. During this time Jason had a short play performed by RMIT Union Arts, and helped to create a small press label, Rant, which released two anthologies. He has had a number of short stories published in Australian literary and poetry magazines. Jason is a member of Write Links. In 2021, Jason was shortlisted for the Glendower Awards for an Emerging Queensland Writer as part of the Queensland Literary Awards, for his YA verse novel, On The Exhale.

Jason Gent’s YA verse novel, This Season’s Draft, was published by Allen & Unwin in September of 2025.

Jason Gent introduces his novel This Season's Draft