After three years with the Royal Navy, Bill Guy has spent a working lifetime in journalism. Born in Liverpool, England, he gained his early newspaper experience in four English counties before graduating to the national Daily Express where he stayed for 13 years. In 1967 he emigrated with his wife and three children to Australia and was for many years foreign editor of the Adelaide Advertiser. His biography of Clyde Cameron, A Life on the Left was published in 1999 and was shortlisted for the Festival Awards for Literature in 2000.