Born in Gippsland, Victoria, Elliot Cartledge is a freelance writer and editor. He studied at Monash University and his work has featured in The Age, Inside Sport, Sydney Morning Herald, Inside Cricket and numerous overseas publications. Cartledge has lived in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Argentina and Corfu. His first commercially-released book, The Hafey Years, was published in 2011, with a second edition following three years later. Footy's Glory Days was published in 2013, while the co-authored Chasing Shadows: The Life & Death of Peter Roebuck was released in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 2015. A second edition followed 2017. Chasing Shadows won the British Sports Book Awards book of the year (cricket) and the Australian Cricket Society's book of the year. It was short-listed for the William Hill book of the year and short-listed for the MCC book of the year. His latest release, Footy's Revolution: The Inside Story of the AFL was released in September, 2018.