Die by the Sword

Internationally bestsellling author Tony Park is the author of more than 20 adventure thriller novels set in Africa. Born in 1964, he grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, and has worked as a newspaper journalist in Australia and the UK, a government press secretary, freelance writer and as a PR consultant. Park served 34 years in the Australian Army Reserve including a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2002. He and his wife, Nicola, divide their time between their home in Sydney, and southern Africa, where they own a home on the edge of the Kruger National Park. His latest novel, King of Beasts, is due out in 2026.

Marli van der Bijl is an actress and singer of South African and Dutch heritage, based in Melbourne. She has worked in the performance industry for almost 15 years in Australia, South Africa, the Netherlands and Greece. Marli has an MA Drama and Theatre Arts degree from the University of the Free State South Africa as well as four years of classical voice training. Marli is the narrator of Tony Park's Sonja Kurtz series.