Michael Brissenden has worked for the ABC since 1987. He began his career covering federal politics for ABC radio and has since been a correspondent in Moscow, Brussels and Washington, reporting on many of the biggest international stories of the 1990s and early 2000s from around the world. He was the political editor for the 7.30 Report in Canberra from 2003 to 2009, the ABC’s Defence and National Security Correspondent and host of AM national radio program. A two-time Walkley Award winner, Michael has recently joined the ABC’S 4 Corners as a reporter. The List is his first novel.