Elliot Hannay is an author and journalist. A former editor of the Townsville Bulletin, Elliot also worked with ABC news and as a freelance foreign correspondent for AAP. He was one of six Australian journalists selected by the Department of Foreign Affairs for China’s first exchange with journalists from a Western nation. His memoir The Colt With No Regrets (2021) was his first book. He also co-wrote Conversations with Katter (2018) with long-serving federal politician Bob Katter. Elliot lives with his award-winning novelist wife, Barbara Hannay, in tropical North Queensland where they managed to raise four children and produce nine grandkids despite the regular appearance of big crocodiles on the local beaches.
