Grantlee Kieza OAM is an award-winning journalist and the highly acclaimed, bestselling author of more than twenty biographies. Kieza held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Courier-Mail for many years and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his writing.
He is a Walkley Award finalist, a 2025 ABIA shortlisted author for Biography of the Year, a 2025 Indie Award shortlisted author for Non-fiction, the No. 1 history author in Australia in 2024, and the author of national bestsellers Mr and Mrs Gould, Sister Viv, Flinders, The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson, Banks, Macquarie, Banjo, Mrs Kelly, Monash and Bert Hinkler.
Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur is released in March 2026.
Grantless is a featured author on the Out of the Shadows: Tales of conflict, courage and consequence panel alongside Camille Booker – Code Name Funnel Web and Ian Kemish – Two Islands with chair Claire Booth.
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Where: Maleny Showgrounds
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