John Gunn (born 26 February 1925) is an Australian writer, sailor and aviator.
Education Gunn attended Newington College at the age of12 in 1937.Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 75 He entered the Royal Australian Naval College as a cadet-midshipman in 1939. In 1946 he began training as a Fleet Air Arm pilot, serving in England and the Mediterranean. He returned to Australia in 1949 where he attended Sydney University, he halted the study of medicine to start a family.
Career Gunn and his young family moved to England, where he began his writing career. In 1957 they returned to Australia. He attained various positions including: Literary guide and friend to the Australian Broadcasting Commission children's programme. Aviation correspondent for the Australian Financial Review
Bibliography
Novels
The Wild Abyss (1972) Water Hazard (1995)
Novels for children
Barrier Reef Espionage (1955) Battle in the Ice (1956) Gibraltar Sabotage (1957) Sea Menace (1958) Submarine Island (1958) The Humpy in the Hills (1960) Peter Kent's Command (1960) Dangerous Enemies (1961) City in Danger (1962) Conquest of Space (1962) The Goodbye Island (1963)
Edited
Dangerous Secret (1960) The Gold Smugglers (1962) The Gravity Stealers (1965)
Drama
Wren's Nest (1955) Hildegard : A Play (1999)
Non-fiction
Barrier Reef by Trimaran (1966) Seaspay : The Spoils of War (1967) Sailing and Ships for You (1957) Along parallel lines: a history of the railways of New South Wales, 1850-1986, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic. (1989)
Awards
1959 – he became a joint winner of the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers for Sea Menace
See also Arthur Piver
References