Our Authors

Scouring the country for Australia’s next Tim Wintons, Kate Grenvilles, Kerry Greenwoods, Maggie Aldersons, and Peter Fitzsimons, Pantera Press, a new voice in Australian publishing, fosters the best of Australia’s new literary talent. Our first list launched through 2010 with 6 new titles and 8 authors across fiction and non-fiction, followed in 2011 with second books from some of our authors, as well as fresh debut talent. We have more coming through 2012 and beyond from our growing stable of talented authors.

Pantera Press believes Australia has quality bestseller-potential story-tellers who simply aren't getting published. 

Our aim is to discover, nurture and publish these authors, so they can become part of Australia's next generation of best-loved story-tellers.  Here are some of them.

Robin Baker See all Robin Baker titles

Robin Baker is a young ex-English teacher, turned funeral director who knows the terrain of death well.

Simon Benson See all Simon Benson titles

Award-winning journalist Simon Benson is chief national political reporter for Sydney's The Daily Telegraph, where he has worked since 1994. Previously, Simon was The Daily Telegraph's NSW political editor, and president NSW Parliamentary Press Gallery

Barry Brook See all Barry Brook titles

Barry Brook is a leading environmental scientist, holding the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change at the University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute.

Rodney Croome See all Rodney Croome titles

Rodney Croome is spokesperson for the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group, and is a Board Member of Australian Marriage Equality and the International Gay and Lesbian Law Association.

Sulari Gentill See all Sulari Gentill titles

Sulari set out to study astrophysics, ended up graduating in law, and later abandoned her legal career to write books instead of contracts.. and to grow French truffles!

John M. Green See all John M. Green titles

When it dawned on John that what got him up in the morning was writing, not his day job, he quit the job. (He was then an executive director in a leading investment bank.) Today, he's a well-known business commentator and company director

Ian Lowe See all Ian Lowe titles

Ian Lowe AO is recognised as a leading climate change scientist. He’s President of the Australian Conservation Foundation,emeritus professor of science, technology and society at Griffith University, and an adjunct professor at Flinders and Sunshine Coast

Bill Muehlenberg See all Bill Muehlenberg titles

Bill Muehlenberg is author of In Defence of the Family and hundreds of articles and book reviews. He is Secretary of the Family Council of Victoria, and part-time lecturer in philosophy, theology, and ethics at several theological colleges.

B. Michael Radburn See all B. Michael Radburn titles

B. Michael Radburn has been writing successfully for many years, having published more than 80 short stores, articles and reviews. The Crossing is his debut novel