Paul Daley is a multi-award-winning journalist and an author of nine fiction and non-fiction books. He has been a finalist in major Australian literary awards including the Prime Minister’s History Prize and the NIB Award. He is a multi Walkley Award-winning feature writer and columnist for `The Guardian’ where he largely writes about national identity, history and Indigenous issues. His third, most recent novel is The Leap (Summit Books, 2025), a critically-praised literary thriller about Australian frontier violence and its legacies. His next novel is about memory and male friendship.
