Gideon Haigh is an independent journalist. He has been in the trade for more than thirty years and has written extensively on business and sport.

While he is best known for his sports writing (twenty of his thirty books are about cricket), he is an acclaimed writer regardless of subject.

A selection of his award-winning work includes:

Certain Admissions: A beach, a body and a lifetime of secrets (2015), awarded the Ned Kelly Award for True Crime
End of the Road (2013), a long form investigation into the car industry, was shortlisted for the John Button Prize
On Warne (2012), shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Biography of the Year, the National Biography Award and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award
The Office: A hardworking history (2012), winner of Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction (NSW Premier’s Literary Awards)
Asbestos House: The secret history of James Hardie Industries (2006), winner of the Harry Williams Prize for Promoting Public Debate (Qld Premier’s Literary Awards) and the Gleebooks Prize (NSW Premier’s Literary Awards)
The Cricket War: The inside story of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket (1993), listed as one of The Times’ 50 Greatest Sports Books.

Gideon has contributed to The Age, The Australian and The Times, among other publications.

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The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript of Gideon's interview is available at www.thegarretpodcast.com/Gideon-Haigh.