Born in
Leicester, United Kingdom, Alan Gold began his working life on British provincial newspapers such as the
Leicester Mercury before becoming a freelance correspondent in the United Kingdom and Europe. He and his wife Eva moved to Australia in 1970. He wrote more than thirty books which were published and translated internationally. His novels dealt with a wide range of subjects, most often associated with modern and ancient history and politics and
Judaism. He was a regular literary critic for
The Australian and also an opinion columnist for
The Spectator Australia. In June 2000, he was the New South Wales Human Rights Orator, as well as the
B'nai B'rith Human Rights Orator in Sydney and Melbourne. He was a visiting guest lecturer in literature at major Australian universities and a regular lecturer and speaker on matters of literature, racism, and human rights. He was a past President of the Anti-Defamation Unit of B'nai B'rith, was a member of think tanks the
Sydney Institute and the
Centre for Independent Studies, and a board member of the international writers' centre, Varuna, the Vice President of the human rights program
Courage to Care, and the literary co-ordinator of the
New South Wales University Shalom College's Festival, Limmud Oz. He was a visiting scholar to the Melbourne Limmud Oz. He was married with three children and lived in
Sydney, Australia. Gold died after a long illness in June 2024. His funeral was held at Rookwood Cemetery on 19 June 2024. == Bibliography ==