Humphrey McQueen is a Canberra-based writer Humphrey is the author of 19 books that cover history, the media, politics and the visual arts. His articles appear regularly in the Bulletin and his two classic books of Australian history A New Britannia and Social Sketches of Australia were reissued in 2004. Humphrey McQueen is the author of ‘Framework of Flesh Builder’s Labourers Battle for Health and Safety’ (2009).

When Humphrey McQueen published an obituary of Menzies in Nation-Review in 1978, the Liberal party room wanted him charged with lese majeste.