Background
He was born in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield in New South Wales, Australia.
He was born in the Sydney suburb of Fairfield in New South Wales, Australia.
He is also a former rally driver with international recognition. He has written many articles about himself and his experiences while rally driving. His first novel, Alice to Nowhere, was produced by Brendon Lumney into a two-part mini-series in 1986 directed by John Power.
The film starred John Waters as Johnny Parson, Steve Jacobs as Dave Mitchell and Rosey Jones as Barbara Dean
His other novels include: Adam"s Empire, Dust and Glory, Kalinda, Bet Your life, On Borrowed Time, and Clancy"s Crossing.
As a leading motoring journalist and being very well spoken, Green was a television commentator and interviewer for the Seven Network and was well known for his commentary at the Bathurst 1000 motor race from the 1960s until his last Bathurst race as commentator in 1983. Green would continue doing motor racing commentary both in Australia and New Zealand until 1987.
Evan Green was also a rally driver of international fame, competing in such events as the Round Australia Trial and the London-Sydney Marathon. In 1972 Green was responsible for the media controversy, known as the "", which ended the Ford XA Falcon GT-HO Phase IV, the Holden LJ Torana GTR XU-1 V8, and the rumored Valiant Human immunoglobulin heavy-chain-variable region Charger fitted with a Chrysler V8 engine (former Chrysler Australia executives and their test driver, leading racer Leo Geoghegan, deny that the Charger was to be fitted with a high performance V8 A "test mule" was fitted with both the V8 and the Hemi-6 and was tested at the Mallala raceway in South Australia, with the 6cyl proving significantly faster due to less weight at the front of the car).
As a result of the, Green was often shunned or given short answers when he tried to do grid or pit interviews with Australian motor racing legends Harry Firth (Holden) and Allan Moffat (Ford), both of whom had been involved in the development of cars that had been killed official
Despite his role in starting the, Green would subsequently became a director at General Motors-Holden. Green"s son Gavin served two stints as editor of the British motoring magazine Carolina.