Ross Steele

Ross Steele AM is an Australian author, academic and Francophile.

During his career he has held teaching positions at the "Paris-Sorbonne University, the University of New South Wales,^[1] Harvard University, and the University of Sydney".^[2] He has published thirty-seven books in French and English on subjects including French culture, language and the teaching of French language.

Steele has received a number of awards including Member of the Order of Australia (2006),^[3] Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1996),^[4][5] and Officier in the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur in 2008.^[6][7]

Steele is mentioned in the closing credits of the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.^{[8][better source needed]}