Books by Hugh Edwards

Hugh Edwards OAM is a Western Australian author of 32 books. He is published in six languages in 10 countries. In the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2009 he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal 'For services to Australia's Maritime Heritage through the discovery of historic shipwrecks and as an author'. Edwards was instrumental in the discovery of important 17th- and 18th-century shipwrecks on the Western Australian coast, and was a leader of diving expeditions to them. He has been recognised as a 'primary finder' of the 1629 Batavia and 1727 Zeewyk. He lives in Swanbourne, WA (Perth)