ROLAND PERRY OAM is one of Australia's most prolific and versatile
authors. He has published 34 books: from biographies to books on
politics, espionage, military history, royalty and sport, and
including five novels. His sports books include biographies of Sir
Donald Bradman, Steve Waugh, Keith Miller and Shane Warne.
His awards include the Fellowship of Australian Writers National
Literary Award for non-fiction in 2004 for Monash: The Outsider Who
Won a War, and Cricket Biography of the Year in 2006 from the UK
Cricket Society for Miller's Luck: The Life and Loves of Keith
Miller, Australia's Greatest All-rounder. In 2011 Roland Perry was
awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, for services to
literature, and was made a Fellow of Monash University. In 2012 he
became Monash University's first Writer-in-Residence, lecturing PhD
students on writing and Australian history.
In 2016 ABC Books published Celeste, the biography of the
courtesan, countess and author Celeste de Chabrillan, and in 2018
ANZAC Sniper, the biography of Lieutenant General Sir Stanley
Savige. Tea and Scotch with Bradman is his 34th book.
For more about Roland Perry, see the author's website:
www.rolandperry.com.au
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