Matthew Condon is a prize-winning Australian novelist and journalist. He began his journalism career with the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1984 and subsequently worked for leading newspapers and journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, Melbourne's Sunday Age, The Courier-Mail and, now, The Australian colour magazine. He has written ten books of fiction, including The Trout Opera and is the author of the bestselling true-crime series about Queensland crime and corruption_x202F_-_x202F_Three Crooked Kings, Jacks and Jokers, All Fall Down and Little Fish Are Sweet. His most recent book is The Night Dragon.
'Three Crooked Kings, has broken new ground in telling disgraced former police commissioner Terence Lewis's story.'-The Australian 'A powerful treatment of an inelegant past that still smoulders.'-The Weekend Australian 'A kick arse piece of literary non-fiction!'-John Birmingham