Author

Gregory David Roberts

Australian novelist whose years as a fugitive in Bombay inspired the international bestseller Shantaram

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Gregory David Roberts (GDR), is an author, songwriter, composer and artist. He’s best known for his best-selling novel Shantaram, which has sold over 7 million copies and was hailed “a masterpiece” by critics. It has been translated into 44 languages and is sold in over 116 countries. 

A TV series based on Shantaram is due to air on Apple TV+ in October 2022; starring Charlie Hunnam as the lead. 

The follow-up novel, The Mountain Shadow was released in 2015.

In 2021, GDR published The Spiritual Path, which takes us on a gripping personal journey of wonder and insight into science, belief, faith and devotion, where Roberts describes the step-by-step path, he followed in search of spiritual connection. 

Born1952 · Melbourne, Australia

Notable works ShantaramThe Mountain Shadow

Sometimes we love with nothing more than hope. Sometimes we cry with everything except tears.— Shantaram