Paul Ham is the author of several substantial works of 20th century history, including 1914: The Year the World Ended (Random House, 2014), Sandakan (Random House, 2013), Hiroshima Nagasaki (HarperCollins, 2011), Vietnam: The Australian War (HarperCollins, 2007) and Kokoda (HarperCollins, 2005), published in Australia and the UK. Hiroshima Nagasaki has been released by Pan Macmillan in the US.

He is a regular contributor to the Kindle Singles program, and publishes other authors’ work through his ‘short book’ label, Hampress.

A former Australia correspondent for the Sunday Times, Paul attended Charles Sturt and Sydney universities and the London School of Economics and Political Science. He lives in Paris and Sydney.