Gregory David Roberts Books in Order

Gregory David Roberts is a renowned Australian author, celebrated for his epic novel Shantaram. A former heroin addict and convicted bank robber, he escaped from Pentridge Prison and spent a decade living in India. This transformative experience shaped his writing and worldview. Roberts has lived in Melbourne, Germany, and France, before finally returning to Mumbai, where he established charitable foundations to provide healthcare coverage to the city's poor. He was also reunited with his daughter, a reunion that brought him immense joy. As a screenwriter, Roberts penned the original screenplay for the movie adaptation of Shantaram and the screenplay for the 2008 film Allegra, which sheds light on the modern slave-trade of women. His latest novel, The Mountain Shadow, continues the story of Shantaram and was published in October 2015.