Robert Pullan, born in Kalamunda, WA, worked as a newspaper journalist in Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and New York from 1966 and has freelanced in Sydney from 1979. His books include Guilty Secrets: Free Speech and Defamation in Australia. He taught journalism at the University of Technology, Sydney, Macleay College and Broadmeadows TAFE and served 28 years on the board of the Australian Society of Authors.