Rod Usher

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Rod Usher (born 1946) is an Australian author.

Usher's father was American, and his mother was Australian. He is a former chief sub-editor of The Sunday Times in London and a former literary editor of The Age in Melbourne, and he now lives in Spain. Most of his working life has involved journalism, including ten years on Fleet Street, though he has also published several works on non-fiction and a collection of poetry. His first novel, the highly successful A Man of Marbles, was published in 1989.

Books: Florid States (1999) A Man of Marbles (1989) and Images of our time: 35 years of Australian press photography (1989) Articles in Time magazine include “A Tall story for our time” (1996) and “Live and Let Die” (1998).

“A Tall Story for our Time”, published in 1996, discusses the hypothesis that a nation’s average stature can be a measure of well being, more accurate than per capita income or GDP statistics. Height reflects diet, wealth, quality of living situations, stresses and other health factors. The data used to back up his height measurements in the different countries comes from various sources including records from Tall Persons Club of Great Britain and Ireland, the Marine Society, the National Guard and even the Royal military Academy at Sand Hurst, and the article is very well researched.

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