True Crime from the Inside
Kathryn Bonella is an Australian journalist and bestselling true crime author known for her books about Bali, crime, prisons and international drug trafficking. Her books include Snowing in Bali, Hotel Kerobokan, Operation Playboy and Schapelle Corby: My Story / No More Tomorrows.
After studying journalism at RMIT in Melbourne, Kathryn moved to London, where she worked across print and television before returning to Australia to become a producer with 60 Minutes. While covering the Schapelle Corby case, she was offered the opportunity to co-write Corby’s story. The book became an international bestseller.
Bali later became central to Kathryn’s work. Her research took her inside Kerobokan Prison and into the island’s hidden drug world, where she interviewed prisoners, police, criminals and surfers who became international drug traffickers.
Her books are based on extensive interviews, court material, police sources and firsthand reporting. They reconstruct extraordinary true stories from the inside — not only what happened, but how people entered these worlds, lived within them and dealt with the consequences.
Kathryn’s true crime books have been published internationally and translated into multiple languages.