Matthew Wright is an internationally published and multi-award-winning New Zealand author with over 40 years hands-on professional experience, notably in military history where he is one of New Zealand’s most published writers. He has qualifications in writing, music and anthropology among other fields, and holds multiple post-graduate degrees in history. His books have been used as university texts, and his interpretative general history of New Zealand recently entered its third edition after 20 years in print. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society at University College, London.

Wright’s published work includes over 600 articles, academic papers and reviews, and over 60 books, including two critically acclaimed biographies of Lieutenant-General Sir Bernard Freyberg. He has principally been published by Penguin Random House, Bateman Books and Oratia Books.

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