Gregory David Roberts | |
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Born | Gregory John Peter Smith 1952 (age 72) Melbourne, Australia |
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Period | Novelist from 2003–present |
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Gregory David Roberts (born Gregory John Peter Smith; 1952[1]) is an Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram. He is a former heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India, where he lived for ten years.