Rob Johnson is not a writer by trade. He works as a theatre director, producer, dramaturg and academic. He has had the pleasure of working with many of Australia’s leading theatre and opera companies and regularly creates work with his own company ‘Burning House’. Rob’s practise focuses mainly on classical tragedy, exploring ideas of extremis, the individual and transcendence.

“Sons of Mars” is Rob’s first novel, and will be followed by “Jupiter’s Chosen” and “Caesar’s Blood”. He has throughly enjoyed researching and bringing to life the world of Ancient Rome, and allowing Julius Caesar to continue his march East, even if in the realm of imagination.

He lives in Melbourne with his wife.