David Bentley (journalist) explained

David Bentley is an Australian journalist and musician.^{[1] [2]}

Bentley is known for writing the 1969 hit "In a Broken Dream" for his band Python Lee Jackson, in which he was a keyboard player and singer.^{[1] [2]} "In a Broken Dream", featuring Rod Stewart, peaked at #3 on the UK singles chart.^[1]

As a freelance journalist, Bentley has worked as a foreign correspondent, travel writer, food critic, columnist and feature writer.^[1]

In 1995, Bentley was awarded the Gold Walkley for exposing a literary hoax for The Courier Mail, involving Miles Franklin Award winner Helen Demidenko, author of The Hand That Signed the Paper, who had falsely claimed Ukrainian ancestry.^{[3] [4] [5]}

The controversy has since been widely discussed, with Bentley credited with uncovering one of Australia's most intriguing literary hoaxes.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.davidbentleymusic.com.au/about-david-bentley About David Bentley
2. Carter, Ashley (16 September 2016) Always with a jazz bent, The Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
3. (1 December 1995) Qld journalist wins Gold Walkley, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
4. Hefner, Robert (21 August 1995) Top author's identity in doubt, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
5. [Helen Dale|Darville, Helen]
6. Robson, Frank (27 September 2014) The greatest Australian scandals of the past 30 years: Helen Demidenko/Darville/Dale, The Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
7. Nolan, Maggie; Dawson, Carrie (2004) Who's Who?: Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian Literature, University of Queensland Press.
8. Meyer, Therese-Marie (2006), Where Fiction Ends: Four Scandals of Literary Identity Construction, Konigshausen & Neumann.
9. [Chris Mitchell (journalist)|Mitchell, Chris]