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Morris West (1916–1999) was born in Australia, but lived for extended periods in Italy, Austria, England and the USA. West started writing novels in the 1950s. He is the author of thirty novels and has sold more than 60 million copies of his books worldwide in over twenty-seven languages. West helped to found the Australian Society of Authors, was chairman of the National Book Council, chairman of the National Library of Australia and a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1997. West also wrote screenplays, radio dramas, plays and was also an artist.

As an actor, Gary Files has worked not only at home in Australia, but also for the Stratford Shakespearian Company in Canada and the Bristol Old Vic in England. He has worked on several films and is the co-founder of the Period Pieces Company, for which he has both acted and directed. For his comedy radio serial, Uncle Vinny's Wireless, Gary won an AWGIE from the Australian Writer's Guild.