Born in Sydney in 1973, Gavin Gleeson attended his first Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground at the age of nine. A cadet radio journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Alice Springs, he went on to become the host of a Territory-wide night program on ABC Darwin in the mid-1990s. After working as a spokesman for the Northern Territory Police he returned to his home state to serve as a NSW Police Officer and child protection case worker. He currently works with youth and adult offenders. Gavin has three adult children with his wife Katrina, the couple live on the NSW South Coast. This is his first book.