Michael Vison­tay has worked as a jour­nal­ist and senior edi­tor at The Syd­ney Morn­ing Her­ald and The Aus­tralian, and taught jour­nal­ism at uni­ver­si­ty. He is the author of sev­er­al non­fic­tion books, includ­ing Wel­come to Wan­der­land, Who Gave You Per­mis­sion? (with Man­ny Waks), and Undies to Equi­ties: the remark­able life of Hen­ri Aram.