Matt Neal is an award-winning ABC reporter, as well as being an author, musician (The 80 Aces, Doctor & The Apologies), songwriter, podcaster, film reviewer, blogger (Movies8MyLife), screenwriter and playwright. He grew up on dairy farms in south-west Victoria and still lives in the region with his family in Warrnambool. He co-wrote his first book, Bay of Martyrs, in 2017, and his podcast Can You Believe It? has been explaining the unexplained since 2019.