Paul Toohey

Paul Toohey covered Peter Falconio's disappearance for "The Australian" and the subsequent committal and trial of Bradley John Murdoch for "The Bulletin," where he has been a senior writer since 2003. He started out in Darwin newspapers, tried his hand at rock and roll writing, was a creative force behind ACP's "Picture" magazine and an editor of "Truth" newspaper and the short-lived but spectacular "World" magazine. In the mid-90s he began writing longer stories. His first book, "God's Little Acre," was published in 1996, followed by "Rocky Goes West" in 1997. He has won the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year and a Walkley Award for magazine feature writing. He lives in Darwin.