Roland Perry has published 40 books, many of them bestsellers, in a range of genres from biography and politics, to history (mainly WW1 and WW2), espionage, sport and fiction. Educated at Scotch College Melbourne, Perry has an Economics degree from Monash University (1972). His awards include: the Frederick Blackham Exhibition Prize in Journalism at Melbourne University (1969); the 2004 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Award for non-fiction with Monash: the Outsider Who Won a War; and Cricket Biography of the Year [2006] from the UK Cricket Society for Miller's Luck. (The UK Daily Mail judged this as 'Sports book of the year' in 2006.)In October 2011 Perry was made a Fellow of Monash University. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia 'for service to literature as an author' in June 2011.He was a member of the National Archives of Australia's Advisory Council from 2006-2012. He is a member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, a former director of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, the Melbourne Cricket Club, the Melbourne Football Club, and a coterie member of the Murrumbeena Football Club.Monash University bestowed a Professorship on Roland Perry in October 2012 and he was the University's first Writer-in-Residence.
