Born in Melbourne, where he still lives, John Bryson studied law at Melbourne University and later joined the Victorian Bar, specialising in jury trials. He was a member of the then Literature Board and later its deputy chairman during the 1970s. His fiction is published in literary magazines and periodicals and his feature articles in leading Australian newspapers. His other work includes WHORING AROUND(stories), BACKSTAGE AT THE REVOLUTION (articles) and TO THE DEATH, AMIC (fiction). He is currently at work on a book about mass murder.