John Bryson (author)

John Bryson
Born	25 December 1935 (age 81) Melbourne, Australia
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Biography, fiction, non-fiction

John Bryson AM (born 25 December 1935 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian author and former lawyer. He has written works of fiction, biography and non-fiction.

Bryson was educated at the University of Melbourne, where he studied law.

In 1971, after practising law for 10 years, first as a solicitor and later as a barrister, he became chairman and managing director of a Melbourne public company. In 1978, he rejoined the Victorian Bar. He was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council, later becoming acting chairman.

Since 1973, Bryson's articles and stories have been published in Australian newspapers.

Bryson's best known work is his 1985 book Evil Angels which chronicles the story of Lindy Chamberlain's trial for murder, following the death of her baby daughter, Azaria. It was made into a film starring Meryl Streep in 1988. It was released under its original title, Evil Angels, in Australia and New Zealand and as A Cry in the Dark in other English-speaking territories, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. It is also known by similar titles internationally.

Bryson is also the author of a 1981 collection of short fiction, Whoring Around, and a collection of reportage, Backstage at the Revolution. His novel of the Spanish Civil War, To the Death, Amic, was published by Viking in 1994 and as Hasta la Muerte, Amigo by Editorial Milenio Spain in 2006. In 2004 he originated and co-produced Secrets of the Juryroom, a documentary for SBS-TV.

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