Charles Granquist was born in 1922 at Blaxland in the Blue Mountains.

When war broke out in 1939, Charles increased his age from 17 to 19 and joined the A.I.F. sailing with the 2/4th Battalion on board the Strathnaver to Egypt. He served with his battalion in Bardia, Tobruk, Derna and Benghazi before being wounded in Greece in 1941 and captured by the Germans.

Christopher Jobson was born in 1946 and educated at Cranbrook School in Sydney. A professional soldier, joining the Australian Regular Army in 1968, he served in the Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery and saw active service in South Vietnam.

Craig Smith lives in Sydney and is a teacher by trade. Craig has a love of military history, is married to Sheree and has four boys Andrew, Matthew, James and Daniel. Craig managed the interesting and yet time consuming research for the Aussie Soldier Battle book

His family’s military service began in Australia with Private James McManus in the NSW’s Corps in 1788 and Corporal James Frazer in Lieutenant Colonel Macquarie’s 73rd Foot in 1809.

Aussie Soldier was Denny’s first book to be published and covers a topic close to his heart – that of the Aussie digger and the ‘real’ story behind the uniform.

Diane Evans is an experienced and committed HR professional who has in excess of 15 years experience in senior HR roles across a diverse range of industries. With her work experience she thought she was ready for any curve balls motherhood could serve – after all she was used to dealing with conflict, chaos and the odd tantrum!

Warrant Officer Class One Kevin ‘Irish’ O’Halloran was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1961 and migrated to Australia with his parents, elder brother and two sisters in 1970. He grew up around the inner suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, for most of his teenage years and was educated at University High School, Parkville. He left school at the end of 1978 aged 17, and worked on numerous labouring jobs. In April 1981, he joined the Army and has served on four operational tours of duty, all in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps (RAInf). Two with the 1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) and 2 with the 2nd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR). He is still in the Army with 28 years of service. ‘Pure Massacre’ is his and others personal accounts of the genocide of the Kibeho Internally Displaced Person’s Camp massacre in Rwanda in 1995. He lives in Perth and is married to Michelle and they have two children Sean and Siobhan

Marc Dawson, an ABC newsreader, is the ultimate 'cricket tragic' and has notched up 14 books on the subject over the past 20 years. Never short of cricketing curiosities, this is the first volume in his four volume Cricket Tragic's series of cracking facts and feats from around the world.

Marcus Pedro is an inspirational speaker and motivator. As a child, growing up on Moa Island in the Torres Strait, Marcus had no self-confidence. He didn’t believe in himself. He failed at primary

school, he failed at high school, and his friends called him a ‘duffer’,’ loser’, ‘no hoper’, someone who was never going to be anybody or go anywhere. The only thing he excelled at was sports. His first job as an apprentice panel-beater, spray-painter mechanic just added to his selfdoubt, when he quit using racism as an excuse to hide his embarrassment at failing his technical course.

Born in Egypt 1945 of British parents, Professor Nell Arnold travelled through many post war African countries in search of an education. She remains an activist for human rights, working with world organisations to build voice and presence for people of global conscience and inspiration.

Sharon has worked for over 15 years as a marketing management consultant in brand/category development nationally and overseas. Over the last 6 years she has created her own business focusing on new product development, co-authored a book with her sister, and started a publishing company. Sharon is relatively new to the career/mum juggling act. The fact that each day throws out a new challenge certainly keeps it feeling ‘fresh’.

Terry was born in Sydney, in 1959. He left school in grade 10 and after a number of years of trying to find his niche in life Terry decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a career soldier. He enlisted into the Army in 1978 joining the Medical Corps with the aim to focus his military career on assisting and training others in preference over inflicting harm.

Veronica Neave is a highly respected Theatre Actor acclaimed nationally and internationally. She has appeared in over fifty stage productions within Australia from Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams to writing and appearing in various shows with Kate Champion’s Force Majeure and has worked in a number of TV series as well. Veronica has featured in a number of films and has just completed filming as the lead in an Australian film – Girl Clock. Known for her versatility in the Arts industry she is a performer, writer, teacher and director.