Niki Savva was born in Cypress but raised in Melbourne. She was twice political correspondent on The Australian, and headed up the Canberra bureaus of both The Herald Sun and The Age. In the world of politics, she became Peter Costello's press secretary for six years and was then on John Howard's staff for three. She is now a regular columnist for The Australian, and often appears on ABC TV's Insiders as well as on political panels on Sky. She is also an author. Her books include So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie and The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin destroyed Their Own Government.