Aidan Phelan is the writer and historian for A Guide to Australian Bushranging, an online resource that has been bringing Australia's outlaw heritage to a worldwide audience since 2017. His first novel, Glenrowan, depicted the events leading to the capture and execution of Ned Kelly and has sold hundreds of copies around the world.Aidan has a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education, and studied writing and editing at what is now known as Melbourne Polytechnic. He was born and raised in the suburbs of Melbourne and developed a fascination with the story of Ned Kelly on his first visit to Glenrowan as a child. This soon grew to be a consuming passion for Australian history, culminating in the creation of A Guide to Australian Bushranging and the many books and related projects that he has worked on since then.
