Adam Courtenay is a Sydney-based writer and journalist who has had a long career in the UK and Australia, writing for papers such as the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and the Australian Financial Review. His previous books are: Blood Rubber, Amazon Men, The Ship that Never Was, The Ghost & the Bounty Hunter and Three Sheets to the Wind. He is the son of best-selling Australian author, Bryce Courtenay