Troy Bramston is a senior writer with The Australian newspaper, where he writes news, features and commentary on politics, policy and popular culture. 

He is an award-winning and best-selling author or editor of eleven books, including Bob Hawke: Demons and Destiny (2022), Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics (2019) and Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader (2016). He is currently writing a biography of Gough Whitlam. 

Troy is currently a member of the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council. He was a judge of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for non-fiction and history in 2021 and 2022. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for his contribution as a member of the NSW Centenary of Federation Committee. 

Troy was co-winner of the Australian Book Industry Award (2016), finalist for the Walkley Book Award (2017), shortlisted for the National Biography Award (2018) and shortlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award (2022).