Ian Moffitt (31 July 1926 – 1 November 2000) was an Australian journalist and novelist best known for his best-selling novel The Retreat Of Radiance.
[1] He headed News Limited bureau in New York in the early 1960s and was an outstanding feature writer for The Australian newspaper in the late 1960s and 1970s before becoming a full-time novelist in 1981.
[2] Born in Sydney on 31 July 1926, Moffitt grew up in Taree on the north coast of New South Wales.
[3] First published in 1982 by William Collins, The Retreat Of Radiance was four months on the bestseller list, six weeks at number one.
Ian's first marriage ended in divorce and he then married Margaret O'Sullivan, a journalist, literary agent, author of several cookbooks and co-author (with Candace Lewis) of Three of the Best – The Modern Woman's Guide to Everything (ABC Books, 2008).