Born in Sydney in 1974,
Matthew Reilly is the internationally bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels:
Ice Station,
Area 7,
Scarecrow,
Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and the novella
Hell Island; the Jack West novels:
The Seven Ancient Wonders,
The Six Sacred Stones,
The Five Greatest Warriors, The Four Legendary Kingdoms, The Three Secret Cities, and
The Two Lost Mountains; and the standalone novels
Contest,
Temple,
Hover Car Racer,
The Tournament,
Troll Mountain, The Great Zoo of China and
The Secret Runners of New York.
His books are published in over 20 languages with worldwide sales of over 8 million copies. Since
The Seven Ancient Wonders in 2005, Matthew's novels have been the biggest selling new fiction title released in Australia for that year. Matthew has also written several short stories, including
Roger Ascham and the King's Lost Girl, a special free prequel to
The Tournament which is available online. Other short stories include
Time Tours,
The Mine and the hyper-adrenalised romp,
Altitude Rush.
He owns and drives a DeLorean DMC-12, the car made famous in the
Back to the Future movies. He also has a life-sized Han Solo in carbonite hanging on the wall of his office! When not writing or penning a film script, Matthew can be found on the golf course. Matthew Reilly is currently living in Los Angeles. He is the director of his first movie,
Interceptor, a Netflix film co-written with Stuart Beattie.
