I’m a writer based in Tarntanya/Adelaide, usually covering history and culture.
I’ve written two books: The Butterfly Thief: adventure, empire and Australia’s greatest museum heist (Scribe, 2025) and Young Rupert: the making of the Murdoch empire (Scribe, 2023).
My journalism has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, The Saturday Paper, The Age, Crikey, NME, and InDaily. I’ve also worked as an editor at Rip It Up, The Adelaide Review, and InReview.
Get in touch with me here.
The Butterfly Thief:
adventure, empire, and Australia’s greatest museum heist (2025)
A scientific true-crime caper stretching across the globe, The Butterfly Thief pieces together the bizarre story of one of the largest, most systematic, and baffling museum heists in the records of natural history.
Featured in:
- Conversations with Richard Fidler (ABC)
- The New York Times
- The Guardian
- The Weekend Australian
- No One Saw It Coming (ABC)
- Australian Financial Review
- The Saturday Paper
- Sydney Morning Herald
Upcoming events
A Historical Heist: an evening with the author of The Butterfly Thief
Coventry Library Stirling
Friday 29 May, 7pm
History Festival author talk at Semaphore Library
Saturday 30 May, 6.30pm
Butterflies and Archives: Retracing Australia’s greatest museum heist
State Library of South Australia
Tuesday 16 June, noon
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