In 1996 a Sydney law student took out a bank loan to print 1,000 copies of his debut novel. Matthew Reilly had been rejected by every major publisher but believed he was onto a winner.

The strategy paid off. In early 1997, then-commissioning editor of Pan Macmillan, Cate Paterson, picked up a copy of Contest from Angus & Robertson’s Pitt Street Mall store. Next came Ice Station – ...

Matt Reilly is well known for the thrillers he’s been writing for many years now, but this one is quite a departure. It’s ...

Matthew Reilly, known for writing intense, over-the-top action thrillers, abandons his brand and delivers “The Tournament,” a historical novel set in 1546. In this story, the sultan of the Ottoman ...

With boxes of the book Contest stored in the backroom of his parents’ house, he approached retailers and managed to convince them to stock it on their shelves, including the former flagship Angus & ...