Andrew Fowler

Andrew Fowler's latest book NUKED: the Submarine Fiasco that Sunk Australia's Sovereignty, is the winner of Australia's prestigious 2024 Walkley Award. Fowler, began his career in England where he covered the 1970s IRA bombing campaign for the London Evening News. His past roles include chief of staff and acting foreign editor of The Australian newspaper and reporter with SBS Dateline and Channel 7. For 20 years he was a reporter with Australian ABC TV's Four Corners and Foreign Correspondent programs. He also headed the ABC's Investigative Unit. Fowler first interviewed Julian Assange in early 2010 and went on to write The Most Dangerous Man in the World, which has been translated and published in countries as diverse as the USA, China, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, Romania and Taiwan. It was described by Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower of the Pentagon Papers, as "A gripping thriller. By far the best account of Julian Assange's motives and the talents that made his so dangeous", and by Geoffrey Robertson, QC as "the most balanced, fair and factual account yet published of a saga much misrepresented in the media". Andrew's original ABC program about Assange won the New York Festival Gold medal. Fowler, who is married and has two daughters, spends his time between France and Sydney.