Julian Leatherdale first wrote for the theatre: on graduation, he wrote lyrics for four satirical cabarets and a two-act musical. He was a staff writer, researcher and photo editor for Time-Life's Australians At War series and the Film Australia-ABC documentaries Return to Sandakan and The Forgotten Force. Other work included image researcher at the State Library of New South Wales and public relations manager for a hotel school in the Blue Mountains, where he lived with his wife and two children.
He died in early 2020 after an illness of less than twelve months.
(Sources include Allen & Unwin website.)
