Richard Evans is an author with an eclectic career, which has never been far from controversy. As a political insider, he served as a federal member of parliament for the federal electorate of Cowan in Western Australia during the turbulent 1990s. He now specialises in writing political thrillers and regularly appears as a commentator and columnist on the shenanigans of politics, the economy and business. He lives in the bayside village of Williamstown overlooking the grand city of Melbourne, Australia.