Sandy McCutcheon was brought up in New Zealand and moved to Australia in the 1970s. Most of his working life has been spent in either radio or theatre. He has written 22 plays that have been professionally produced.

In his broadcasting career, Sandy has worked in both commercial and public radio with the highlights being his time on Double Jay and his fifteen years as the producer/presenter of 'Australia Talks Back' heard around Australia on Radio National and overseas through Radio Australia.

He has produced radio documentaries in many parts of the world including Bosnia, Yugoslavia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Mozambique, South Africa and North and South Sudan. In Finland he has worked with the Finnish National Broadcaster. He has a strong connection with Finland where he lived and worked on a scholarship from the Finnish Government. Sandy's radio work has been recognised with awards in Australia and at the prestigious New York Radio Festival Awards. He has been awarded the International Kalevala Medal by the Finnish Government for services to Finnish culture.

As a highly successful novelist he has one a major literary award and been a guest speaker around Australia and overseas in Finland, Austria and in France.

His novels In Wolf's Clothing, Peace Crimes, Poison Tree, Safe Haven, Delicate Indecencies, The Haha Man, Black Widow and The Cobbler's Apprentice have all built on his reputation as Australia's leader in the field of political thrillers. He has also written a childrens book called Blik! which, like Delicate Indecencies and Poison Tree is available as an audio book. Sandy McCutcheon and his wife - photojournalist Suzanna Clarke - purchased a riad in the old Medina of Fez in Morocco in 2003 and, since leaving the ABC he now spends half the year in Morocco and Europe writing.

His memoir, The Magician's Son, was published by Penguin in July 2005 to great reviews and became a best seller. His speaking on either his writing career or his unique life story makes for a fascinating event.

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