Richard  Marman
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​I was born in Swindon, England and immigrated to Australia with my family when I was 15. On leaving school I served with the RAAF as a pilot, flying C-130 Hercules heavy transport planes and  Iroquois helicopters, including an operational tour in Vietnam.

After 9 years with the RAAF I joined Ansett Airlines and piloted beautiful planes including the Boeing 727, 737 and 767. I stayed with the company until its close in 2001 then moved to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland where I spent four years training Singapore Airlines cadets on the Learjet 45, based at the Sunshine Coast Airport. 


​I left flying in 2007 and enrolled at the University of the Sunshine Coast to study visual arts, design and creative writing. I graduated with a bachelor degree and diploma of visual arts in 2009.
So now I'm a author and illustrator. I live on the Queensland Sunshine Coast with my wife, Judy. We have                                                                 twin daughters, Sally and Elizabeth.
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                                                         I like to watch action movies and listen to the lost genre of '60s guitar instrumentals.
                                                        Judy and I travel extensively and I incorporate many of the places we visit as settings for my novels.

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    • Flying Days
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    • The McAlister Line
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    • Graphics
    • Oil Paintings
    • Cartoons
    • Pencil Pen & Ink Mixed Media
    • Airbrush Pastel Watercolour & Gouache
  • Book Artwork and Graphics
    • Great Grandma Elske's Bamboo Cane
    • McAlister and the Great War Illustrations
    • McAlister's Way Chapter-Header Colour Images
    • McAlister's Hoard Chapter Header Colour Graphics
    • McAlister's Siege Chapter Headers
    • McAlister's Allegiance Colour Chapter Headers
    • McAlister's Spark Colour Chapter Headers
    • A Whale's Tale Artwork Sampler
    • A Tale of Two Turtles Artwork Sampler
    • Hanna meets a Dragon Colour Plates
    • 'The Wealth' Graphics
  • Other Stuff
    • Richard's Blog
    • Upcoming Events
    • Travel
    • Music