Roland Perry has published 27 books in a range of genres including biography, politics, espionage, history (WW1 and WW2), sport and fiction.; ;He is the only author to write comprehensive books on the two main Fronts of the Great War 1914-1918.;; Perry's works on sport include the number one bestseller and definitive work on Sir Donald Bradman, The Don , and more recently, The Changi Brownlow . This was short-listed for the Australian Booksellers Industry Award for non-fiction.;;His other biographies have covered a variety of characters, including General Sir John Monash ( Monash ), Wilfred Burchett ( The Exile ), Keith Miller ( Miller's Luck ), Peter Chitty ( Changi Brownlow ) and Shane Warne ( Bold Warnie ). ; ; Perry began his writing career as a journalist on The Age Melbourne from 1969 to 1973. After five years in England making documentary films, he had his first book, a novel titled Program for a Puppet - published in 1979. It was an international best-seller that was translated into eight languages.

; ; Educated at Scotch College Melbourne, Perry has an Economics degree from Monash University (1972). His awards include- the Frederick Blackham Exhibition Prize in Journalism at Melbourne University (1969); the 2004 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Award for non-fiction with Monash- the outsider who won a war ; and Cricket Biography of the Year 2006 from the UK Cricket Society for Miller's Luck, a biography of all-rounder, Keith Miller. (The UK Daily Mail judged this as 'Sports book of the year' in 2006.) ;;In October 2011 Perry was made a Fellow of Monash University. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia ' for service to literature as an author' in June 2011. He was a member of the National Archives of Australia's Advisory Council 2006-2012. He is a member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, the KK Club, a director of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, and a coterie member of the Murrumbeena Football Club.;;Monash University bestowed a Professorship on Roland Perry in October 2012 and he is the University's first Writer-in-Residence, lecturing PhDs and PhD aspirants on all aspects of writing, and Australian history.