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Seven Sisters is soon to be release in China, Turkey and the USA! The US edition (out Nov 5) not only has a fab new cover, it’s also got a new title, Kill Yours, Kill Mine, published by Poison Pen Press. If you live in that part of the world, it’s already available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or from your local bookshop. Plus, as a special deal, US readers can get 25% off if you preorder from Tertulia (the amazing online indie bookstore and book discovery platform.
My thriller, Seven Sisters, published by Harper Collins, is out now.You can read the blurb and order here.
I am over the moon! Seven Sisters has been shortlisted for a 2023 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. The Neds are awards by the Australian Crime Writers Association, and are Australia’s most prestigious awards for crime writers. You can view the complete shortlist on the ACWA website.
Read a review of Seven Sisters here.
Last year, I judged the Open Short Story section of The Boroondara Literary Awards 2023. What an honour to be asked back to judge again in 2024. There’s still time to get your entries in. Details here.
Saturday 25 May, 2.00 pm: Join me to celebrate the double launch of Dark Deeds Down Under 2 and The She Wolf of Baker Street, both out with Clan Destine Press. I’ll be launching both books by way of interrogating the attending authors: Emma Viskic and Robert Gott who have stories in the second volume of the gritty and groundbreaking Aussie and Kiwi crime fiction anthology; and Narrelle M. Harris, whose mystery novel puts Mrs Hudson – menopausal werewolf – at the centre of a modern Sherlockian adventure. Readings St Kilda, 112 Acland St, St Kilda. Free but please book here.
August 23-25: Dunkeld Writers Festival. Save the date! This is a wonderful festival in a stunning location. I can’t wait and I hope to see you there. Details here.
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A blog post about Australia’s Dogs, published by National Library of Australia publications. Discover how this wonderful book came about here.
A review of Just Murdered from Living Arts Canberra.
If you are interested in my 2021 true crime book, The Schoolgirl Strangler:
Hear a little bit about The Schoolgirl Strangler on Mamamia’s True Crime Conversations podcast, here.
Listen to an interview and read a review about The Schoolgirl Strangler on Living Arts Canberra.
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December 3, 2022: My short story ‘Life After Knife’ wins the Cross-Genre award and also takes out third place in the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Awards!
Discover the best books on shepherd.com A brand new site where authors share their favourite books around different themes or topics and tell you why they recommend the books they do. Here’s my list of crime books set in Australia (so hard to choose just five)!
Check out Living Arts Canberra.
Listen to the amazing Words and Nerds Podcast! Dani Vee chats to some amazing authors (and me)! Words and Nerds
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Pssst! If you've scrolled down this far, I can share with you that Alex, John and Hogarth have another art mystery to solve. Coming soon...
August 2021: The Shifting Landscape wins the Sisters in Crime Davitt Readers’ Choice award! How amazing! You can read all about the awards here.
July 2019: The Portrait of Molly Dean has been shortlisted for Best First Fiction in the Australian Crime Writers Association’s Ned Kelly Awards! See the full list here.
April 2018: Winner of the Betka Prize (part of the E.J. Brady Short Story Competition) awarded by the Mallacoota Arts Council for a humorous short story.
August 2017: Runner-up in the S.D. Harvey Short Crime Story Award.