Rex Gibson is a retired journalist who has written five books, including Prisoner of Power – the Greg Blank story and Final Deadline – the dying days of the Rand Daily Mail. He was a former editor of the Sunday Express (1977-82); last editor of the Rand Daily Mail (1982-85) and deputy editor-in-chief of The Star (1985-93). He was awarded the Pringle Prize for journalism in 1979 and was joint winner of the Atlas International Editor of the Year award in the same year for the Sunday Express coverage of the Information Scandal.
