John Martinkus is a Walkley Awardânominated investigative reporter on the Asia region. His eyewitness account of East Timorâs struggle for independence, A Dirty Little War, was shortlisted for the NSW Premierâs Literary Awards. His other books include Travels in American Iraq, Indonesia's Secret War in Aceh and the Quarterly Essay Paradise Betrayed: West Papuaâs Struggle for Independence.