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Matthew Reilly’s desk, October 2007
(Items of note: the Aliens dropship in the middle; the “Soviet” Superman from the Elseworlds comic;
the James Bond cars at the bottom left; and the Mad Max V8 at the bottom right;
the Jango Fett helmet at far right;
and the dog on the screensaver is Matthew and Natalie’s dog, Dido)

atthew Reilly is the international bestselling author of nine novels:

1. Contest,
2. Ice Station,
3. Temple,
4. Area 7,
5. Scarecrow,
6. Hover Car Racer (for younger readers),
7. Seven Ancient Wonders,
8. Hell Island(a novella written for Books Alive in 2005), and
9. The Six Sacred Stones.

Published in over 20 countries and known for their highly visual style, fast pace and large-scale action scenes, over 3.5 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.

The MR collection

Matthew’s books have also—unexpectedly—become a major tool in the fight to get teenage males into reading. While written for a mature readership, Matthew’s novels have become very popular with reluctant male readers.

Matthew has also recently created a television show set in the world of publishing called Literary Superstars. To be produced by Darren Star for Sony Pictures Entertainment and starring Jenna Elfman, the pilot is scheduled to be shot late in 2007.

In 2004, Matthew optioned the movie rights to Hover Car Racer to Disney. He had previously optioned the film rights to Ice Station to Paramount Pictures, but that option expired.

A huge movie fan, Matthew owns an extensive range of movie memorabilia, including:

1. A life-sized replica of Han Solo encased in carbonite (from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi)
2. A DeLorean DMC-12 car (from Back to the Future)
3. A very rare Jango Fett replica helmet (from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
4. A replica of the Chachapoyan fertility idol (from the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Han Solo and the DeLorean;
Jango and the Chachapoyan idol from ‘Raiders’

Matthew has also written several short stories over the years, mainly for the Bulletin magazine’s annual Summer Fiction issue in December. These include:

1. A Bad Day at Fort Bragg
2. The Mine (written for The Sydney Morning Herald in 2000 as a four part serial)
3. The Rock Princess and the Thriller Writer
4. Altitude Rush (written for the anthology, Girls Night In 2)
5. Complex 13
6. Time Tours

Artwork for Time Tours
(The Bulletin, 2005, artwork by Glenn Lumsden)

utside of the entertainment industry, Matthew has also partaken in several charity-, celebrity- and publicity-based events. Including:

In 2000, Matthew was a delegate at the What Makes a Champion conference in Sydney. Nelson Mandela gave the opening address at the conference, and it featured such luminaries as Edmund Hillary, Richard Butler and Shane Gould.

On January 1st, 2001, Matthew walked in the Australian Centenary of Federation Parade as a representative of Australian Literature.

He has appeared on the Big Breakfast television show in Britain.

He has appeared on the Good News Week celebrity game show in Brisbane.

Matthew has been engaged by one of Australia's most successful television producers, Hal McElroy - creator of Blue Heelers and Water Rats - to develop a couple of new television series.

In 2001 and 2002, Matthew was a special ambassador for National Youth Week, an initiative designed to get young people to chase their dreams.

In 2003, he is one of the faces of the Australian government's National Literacy and Numeracy Week.

In August, 2003, his book, Ice Station, will be one of six books sold at less than half price as part of a special literacy-driven project called Books Alive.

As part of a charity dinner for the NSW Cancer Council in 2002, he offered to name a character in Scarecrow after the highest bidder. The winner was Alec Christie. Watch for his name in Scarecrow!

Matthew has played in several celebrity cricket matches and golf days alongside members of INXS, rugby union legend Matthew Burke and a host of other Australian celebrities.

He has even trekked to the base of Mount Everest!

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