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Andrew Rule
PrintAndrew Rule has been telling true stories for more than 45 years. Rule has written, edited or published more than 30 true crime books – including the best-selling Underbelly series with John ‘Sly’ Silvester, which inspired the television drama on Melbourne’s gangland war.
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Testimonials for Andrew Rule
Andrew was great and gave a very informative and unique insight into past and recent investigative activities into crime.
Pitcher Partners
Andrew was very well received by our community. He did very well catering to the topic of Fake News and education. Andrew clearly made a great effort to research the topic and gear his presentation to suit our conference audience. Andrew was informative and entertaining. We thank Andrew for his professionalism, wit, expertise and talent.
History Teachers Association of Victoria
Andrew gave an incredible insight into the 'other' side of the 'Underbelly' world from personal experience as one of Australia's leading investigative journalists. Compelling listening that peeled away the romance of the life of crime.
Phoenix Society Inc.
Andrew Rule was a polished and engaging presenter, who captivated the audience with his skilled storytelling. He was an interesting and topical speaker, and generous with his time. Our attendees loved it!
Linda – librarian, Monash Public Library Service
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Andrew Rule's Biography
Andrew Rule has been telling true stories for more than 45 years.
He started as a reporter in a Victorian country newspaper in the 1970s and went on to work for some of Australia's biggest news publications: The Age, the Melbourne Herald, The Herald Sun and a national magazine.
Andrew is known for writing about crime and its detection but has also covered global events from the Olympics to the Christchurch earthquake, a Papua New Guinea military coup, the Bali nightclub bombing and Japan's catastrophic tsunami. He has written and co-written many books ranging across subjects from horseracing to serious biographies, but most often about crime.
Andrew Rule broke into metropolitan newspapers when he suggested to the then editor of The Age that the rival Herald had offered him a job. At the time, he was the only cadet reporter in captivity to have ridden the winner of a horse race. He had previously worked for ‘The Times’ and ‘the Spectator’ – the Gippsland Times and the Maffra Spectator, in East Gippsland.
Rule went on to cover some of the most notorious Australian stories of recent decades – and live to tell the tale. He broke the Jennifer Tanner case, which resulted in an inquest finding being quashed and serving policeman Denis Tanner being named as a killer by the Coroner. The resulting documentary A Death in the Family won a Logie and was highly awarded.
Rule has written, edited or published more than 30 true crime books – including the best-selling Underbelly series with John ‘Sly’ Silvester, which inspired the television drama on Melbourne’s gangland war. He and Silvester ghosted the Chopper books that led to the acclaimed feature film starring Eric Bana.
He is now an associate editor of News Corp, for which he writes features and columns. He wrote the definitive biography of businessman Kerry Stokes, published in 2015, and the award-winning biography of the world champion racehorse Winx in 2018. He has won many national journalism awards and has been sued almost as often. His hobbies include slow racehorses and cutting firewood.
Speaking Topics Include
Life & Crimes: True Stories from Australia’s Underbelly
Racing, rorts and all - The only Journalist of the Year to ride a winner spills the beans
Fake News and other true stories - An insider's hilarious insight into a serious subject
Herding Words - Top gun journalist and best-selling author on the secrets of writing stories