Tristan Savage was born in Maryborough and grew up in Townsville. He attended James Cook University and was awarded a Bachelor of Creative Arts with a major in Theatre and also a Bachelor of Theatre (Honours).
Since graduating in 2010, Tristan has gone from strength to strength. In 2011 he won first place at a national stand-up comedy competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; in 2012 he toured his one-person theatrical comedy show 'Australian Ghost' to audiences across the country; in 2013 was awarded a Black&Write! Fellowship with the State Library of Queensland for his science fiction adventure novel 'Rift Breaker'; and in 2014 he was awarded the Kris Hembury Encouragement Award for emerging artists as part of the Aurealis Awards in Canberra.