Terence J. Quinn grew up in Scotland. He had a successful international career as a newspaper journalist, editor and publisher in the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. He now lives in Noosa, Queensland. Jonno Bligh seriesJonno Bligh is a journalist with a bestselling book and Oscar for Best Screenplay to his credit along …
Rae Cairns is a former youth worker, actor and singer who has turned to a life of crime…writing. She is fascinated with how ordinary people manage when faced with extraordinary circumstances so she writes crime with heart; thriller and suspense novels that explore the lengths everyday characters will go to when all they love is …
Born in 1969, Cassandra Austin grew up in outback NSW but completed her formal education at Melbourne University with an MA in Criminology. She also has an MA in Creative Writing from RMIT. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children, but returns to Australia regularly. Author Website Stand AloneAll Fall Down …
Rebecca Heath studied science at university, worked in hospitality and teaching, and wrote obsessively whenever she could find the time. She wrote several young adult novels as Beck Nicholas, published in Australia and Germany. She lives in Adelaide, Australia, halfway between the city and the sea with her husband, three children. Author Website Stand AloneThe …
Annie writes across a range of genres from contemporary and historical romance to eco-adventure fiction set in Australia. Included among some of the romance series are a few romantic suspense novels which have been highlighted below. She is a co-founder of the quickly growing Australian and New Zealand Rural Fiction website and Facebook group. Author …
Ali grew up in Cambridge in the UK, and studied ancient history at university, before completing a postgraduate journalism degree. She has written for magazines, newspapers and websites in her native UK and her adopted home of Australia. Author Website Stand AloneThe Trivia Night (2022)The Running Club (2023)The School Run (2024)The Private Island (2025)
Nicola Moriarty lives in Sydney’s northwest with her husband and two daughters. In between various career changes, becoming a mum and studying at Macquarie University, she began to write. Author Website Stand AloneThe Fifth Letter (2017)Those Other Women (2018)The Ex Girlfriend (2019)You Need To Know (2021)Every Last Suspect (2024) Non-CrimeFree-Falling (2012)Paper Chains (2019)
Liane Moriarty is an advertising copywriter turned author who grew up in Sydney, Australia. She became a full time author after returning to university to complete a Masters degree at Macquarie University where she completed her first published novel, Three Wishes. She has written novels in the romance genre and children’s fiction as well as …
James McKenzie Watson writes fiction with a focus on health and rural Australia. His novel Denizen won the 2021 Penguin Literary Prize as well as a 2021 Varuna Residential Fellowship and a 2021 KSP Residential Fellowship. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings and the Newtown Review of Books. He works as a …
Laraine Stephens lives in Beaumaris, a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Australia. With an Arts degree from the University of Melbourne, a Diploma of Education and a Graduate Diploma in Librarianship, she worked in secondary schools as a Head of Library. On retirement, Laraine turned her hand to the craft of crime writing. Reggie Da Costa …