 Born to John Edward O'Grady and Margaret Gleeson.O'Grady chose to write under a variety of pseudonyms, most famously as Nino Culotta for his books "They're a Weird Mob", "Cop This Lot", "Gone Fishin" ', and "Gone Gougin' ".Other examples include "No Kava For Johnny", which is published under O'Grady's name, but contains a preface from the author claiming that the book had in fact been written by the eponymous character, Johnny.