Martin Blake Martin Blake is a freelance writer based in Melbourne. He has written on sport for almost 40 years, most of it with The Age in Melbourne and won awards for coverage of various sports including Australian Rules football, cricket nd golf.

Blake has worked at three Olympic Games, three Commonwealth Games, numerous Masters golf tournaments and British Opens, Ashes tours and ICC World Cups. He was inducted into the MCG Media Hall of Fame in 2006 and is a life member of the AFL Media Association.

His previous books include The Rise of the Swans, Mighty Fighting Hawks and collaborative autobiographies with Mark 'Bomber' Thompson, Dane Swan and Shaun Burgoyne. Read More Read Less