1. Matthew Reilly
Born in Sydney in 1974, Matthew Reilly was not always a big fan of reading.According to Matthew, ‘I actually disliked reading in my early high
school years. I was given very dry old classics in Year 7 and it was
only after I read To Kill A Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies
in Year 10 that I realised reading could transport you to another
world. Once I figured that out, I went out and found all the action
novels I could!’
Following this revelation (and inspired by Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park) Matthew soon began creating stories of his own. And so he set about writing his first novel, Contest, at 19 while still at university studying law.
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sold in excess of 170,000 copies in Australia alone. At just 23 years
of age, Matthew Reilly’s public debut was an instant hit, generating six
reprints in its first two years and delivering a new style of action
thriller to Australian readers. It was snapped up by major publishers in
the US, UK and Germany.
Matthew’s books are now published in over 20 languages and he has
sold over 3.5 million books worldwide: over 1 million in Australia
alone; over a million in the US; and over a million in the UK.
His latest book The Tournament was met with acclaim and was chosen as one of Booktopia’s Books of the Year for 2013.
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