The Ned Kelly Awards – known fondly as ‘The Neds’ – have been an annual event for close on thirty years now, run by the Australian Crime Writers Association. Past winners of the prize for best fiction include many of the giants of Australian crime fiction such as Shane Maloney, Peter Temple, Michael Robotham and Garry Disher. Back in the day, the awards were dominated by men, but that has… Read More »The Seven makes the Ned Kelly shortlist
Thirteen years ago, my first book, The River, won the ACT Book of the Year. Now, my eighth book, and sixth crime fiction novel, The Seven, has been shortlisted for the same award. When I won the award in 2011, it had such a positive effect on me, making me feel like I was a real writer. And I think it helped a few years later, when I was struggling… Read More »ACT Book of the Year Shortlist
The Seven has been shortlisted for the 2024 Indie Book Awards. This is such an honour – look at the other books and authors on the list: Trent Dalton with Lola in the Mirror, Melissa Lucashenko and Edenglassie, and Pip Williams with The Bookbinder of Jericho. So chuffed to see The Seven in such company. The Indies are run by the Australian Independent Booksellers – all those small (and not… Read More »Shortlisted for Indie Awards
The Seven has been out a little over two months – and suddenly it’s in the running for a major awards. It’s longlisted for the Indie Book Awards – run by Australia’s Independent Booksellers. The independent book stores are a vital part of Australia’s literary culture – they do so much to promote and support local authors, so it’s very pleasing to be listed here. It’s in among some very… Read More »Indies Longlist
The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious awards for crime writing – so I’m pretty stoked about The Tilt being shortlisted for the 2023 award for Best Crime Fiction. It’s quite the honour, particularly when you consider how many very fine crime novels are now being published in Australia each year. And I’m in some classy company here: Aoife Clifford (When We Fall), Jane Harper (Exiles), Sally… Read More »Ned Kelly Shortlist
This is a great compliment – The Tilt is shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards for 2023 in the General Fiction category. I love that the ABIAs have two fiction categories – Literary and General. This allows for recognition of popular books – the ones readers love – that are often excluded from literary awards. I’m very proud of The Tilt and that is in such good company. It… Read More »The Tilt Shortlisted!
Here it is – the cover to the Australian/New Zealand edition of my new crime novel, The Tilt, to be published on October the 5th. It will be published in early January in the UK and elsewhere with a different title: Dead Man’s Creek. I absolutely love this cover. A huge thanks to the designer Luke Causby, who has designed all the Australian books, including the smaller B-format editions. I… Read More »Cover reveal – The Tilt
One week to go before Treasure & Dirt is published Australia/New Zealand publication, and here I am signing copies on the back deck during lockdown. Booktopia delivered a pallet load, so I worked my may through them and sent them back. Usually, I would be visiting their Sydney warehouse. What a strange couple of years it has been! Treasure & Dirt is now available for pre-order. Please support your local… Read More »Book signings