Christine Wallace

Christine Wallace  is an Australian political journalist, biographer and academic. She is currently an Australian Research Council  DECRA fellow at the National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

Her acclaimed Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics:

Shortlisted, 2023 NSW Premier’s History Awards, Australian History Prize;

Longlisted, 2023 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award

Longlisted, The 2023 Australian Political Book of the Year Award

Longlisted, 2023 Walkley Book Awards

Christine’s publications include biographies of John Hewson  (1993), Germain Greer  (1997) and Don Bradman  (2004).

HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION (2020) oulines the ten commandments for politicians who have forgotten the basics.