Matthew Condon is a prize-winning Australian novelist, journalist, and host of the podcast Ghost Gate Road. He began his journalism career with the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1984 and subsequently worked for leading newspapers and journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, Melbourne's
Sunday Age and The Courier-Mail. He has written 10 books of fiction, including The Trout Opera and is the author of the bestselling true-crime series about Queensland crime and corruption – Three Crooked Kings (2013), Jacks and Jokers (2014), All Fall Down (2015) and Little Fish are Sweet (2016). His most recent book is The Night Dragon (2019).