John Birmingham has written for Rolling Stone,<wbr>Playboy,<wbr>Long Bay Prison News,<wbr>Quarterly Essay,<wbr> the Sydney Morning Herald and The Monthly. His published works include He Died With A Falafel In His Hand and Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney,<wbr> winner of the National Award for Non-Fiction. He started writing airport novels because they were more fun.