ABOUT MARK READ
Australian criminal and author who wrote various semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels. He was convicted of armed robbery, assault and kidnapping.
He lived in a children's home for the first five years of his life and was later placed in mental institutions as a teenager.
He wrote as a regular columnist for publications such as the British magazine FHM and Zoo Weekly.
He was married twice and had two children.
Eric Bana portrayed him in the 2000 film Chopper.
