Daryl Sahli was born in Bulawayo Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and attended Hillside Junior School and Gifford High School ('Tech'). After completing A-levels, he was called up for national service. After completing training he was posted to 4 Independent Company (RAR) based at Victoria Falls where he completed his national service. Sahli completed a B.Comm LLB degree at the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg). After immigrating to Australia, he completed an LLM degree at the University of Queensland. Sahli has worked as a management consultant in his own practice in Brisbane.
His book 'A Skirmish in Africa' won the bronze medal for the Military/Wartime Fiction category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards in 2012.
