My story

While friends and colleagues were settling into careers or heading off on their OE in Europe, I quit my job as a young journalist, grabbed a backpack, and flew to Africa with my wife, Sue — on a one-way ticket.

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Eight months later, after travelling from Cape Town to Cairo on less than NZ$10 a day, I returned home with a changed outlook, a passion for stories of resilience, and a lifelong commitment to the underdog.

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Through decades of adventure and work as a journalist, political press secretary, news director and volunteer, I’ve witnessed the growing disparities in wealth and power that shape the modern world — from the orderly streets of London to the chaotic bus stations of Kenya, the seductive dazzle of Times Square to the dirt-floor poverty of Timor-Leste.

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That perspective underpins all my fiction.

• The Alo Release explores the dangers of genetic modification and how public opinion can be manipulated by political and corporate elites.

• Finding Fabi highlights the chilling potential of multinational pharmaceutical companies in a post-Covid world.

• The Ghost Shipment intertwines international drug trafficking with political intrigue in a high-stakes pursuit of justice and redemption.

• All It Will Take is a literary departure — an allegorical novel about racism, resistance, and the power of unity, inspired by Watership Down and the life of Nelson Mandela.

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Researching and writing these books has been a source of joy, challenge, and discovery — and I look forward to sharing that journey with readers. Between adventures, Sue and I live in Aotearoa New Zealand with our feisty Border Terrier, Harvey.

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Ngā mihi nui
Geoffrey Robert