about the author

Larry Writer’s previous books include The Australian Book of True Crime; Razor, the Ned Kelly Award-winning story about Kate Leigh, Tilly Devine and Sydney’s razor gang wars of the 1920s and 30s; Pleasure and Pain, Chrissy Amphlett’s biography; and Never Before, Never Again, about the St George rugby league team that won a world record eleven consecutive premierships in the 1950s and 1960s. He is a former senior journalist, editor and London bureau chief with Australian Consolidated Press and Time Inc Magazines. Larry lives in Sydney with his family.