Scarecrow novels, Jack West novels, Hover Car Racer
Confirmed At: Adelaide 2024 Brisbane 2024
Confirmed At: Adelaide 2024 Brisbane 2024
Matthew looks forward to meeting all his fans in Adelaide and Brisbane in November 2024.
Matthew will appear on literary panels and sign autographs throughout the weekend in both cities, and will arrive at midday on Friday in Brisbane.
Panel Times:
Adelaide
Saturday and Sunday, 2-3 November
Panel: TBA
Brisbane
Friday, 8 November
Panel: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, 9-10 November
Panel: TBA
All guests appearing health and other commitments pending. Stay tuned to our Social Media channels for updates.
Born in Sydney in 1974, Matthew Reilly was not always a big fan of reading. It was only after he read To Kill A Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies in Year 10 that he realised reading could transport you to another world. Following this revelation, Matthew soon began creating stories of his own and set about writing his first novel, Contest, at the age of 19 while still at university studying law.
Following rejections from all the major publishers, Matthew self-published Contest in 1996, printing 1000 copies. He produced a big-budget-looking novel which he sold into bookshops throughout Sydney, one shop at a time.
In January 1997, a Commissioning Editor for Pan Macmillan Australia walked into Angus & Robertson’s Pitt Street Mall store and bought a copy of Contest. The editor tracked Matthew down through his contact details in the front of the book. Interestingly, those original self-published editions of Contest have now become much sought after collectors’ items. One recently sold on eBay for $1200!
Matthew Reilly is now the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels: Ice Station, Area 7, Scarecrow, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and the novella Hell Island; the Jack West novels: Seven Ancient Wonders, The Six Sacred Stones and The Five Greatest Warriors; and the standalone novels Contest, Temple, Hover Car Racer, The Tournament, Troll Mountain and The Great Zoo of China.
His books are published in over 20 languages with worldwide sales of over 7 million copies.
Since Seven Ancient Wonders in 2005, Matthew’s novels have been the biggest selling new fiction title released in Australia for that year. Matthew has also written several short stories, including Roger Ascham and the King’s Lost Girl, a special free prequel to The Tournament which is available online.
Other short stories include Time Tours, The Mine and the hyper-adrenalised romp, Altitude Rush. He owns and drives a DeLorean DMC-12, the car made famous in the Back to the Future movies. He also has a life-sized Han Solo in carbonite hanging on the wall of his office! He is the director of his first movie, Interceptor, a Netflix film co-written with Stuart Beattie.
When not writing or penning a film script, Matthew can be found on the golf course. Matthew Reilly is currently living in Los Angeles.
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