Brendan Watkins is an Australian author.

 

After a varied career in the entertainment and not-for-profit sectors, Brendan took 12 months off to explore and document his complex ancestry. Five years later, in 2023, his best-selling memoir ‘Tell No One’ was published. The book garnered significant media attention and prompted calls for a federal government investigation into his findings. 

 

‘Tell No One’ was longlisted for the 2023 Walkley ‘Longform Journalism’ Book Award. An ABC TV feature on Brendan's story has since accumulated over 2.5 million views.

 

He has recently begun developing a new non-fiction work about the Australian music industry.

 

He swims, a lot.