Helen Iles is from Western Australia and has been writing fiction since primary school. She admits she didn’t really take it seriously until the 1980s. She runs and trains a stable full of horses and has taught Equine Management courses at TAFE. Managing and training mounted search teams for the State Emergency Service (SES) has …
Suzanne was born in New Zealand before travelling extensively, working as an environmental zoologist in the Philippines, UK and US before finally settling is Melbourne, Australia. She has won the Sisters In Crime Scarlet Stiletto Award for her short story work. Stand AloneShadow Over Edmund Street (2021)
Steve has a degree in political science, a thesis on global terrorism, a decade as a policy advisor and has trained with the FBI and Australian Army. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Political Science and History. His books are fast-paced conspiracy thriller novels set in all corners of the globe. Author Website …
Anna Snoekstra has written for The Guardian, Meanjin, Griffith Review, Lindsay,LitHub and The Saturday Paper. She was born in Canberra, Australia and studied Creative Writing and Cinema at Melbourne University, followed by Screenwriting at RMIT University. Author Website Stand AloneOnly Daughter (2016)Little Secrets (2017)Mercy Point (2018)The Spite Game (2018)Out of Breath (2022)
Joanna Morrison has a background in journalism and a PhD in Creative Writing. Her short fiction has appeared in Australian literary journals and anthologies. In 2020, The Ghost of Gracie Flynn was shortlisted for the City of Fremantle Hungerford Award. Joanna lives in Perth with her husband, two sons and miniature schnauzer. Author Website Stand …
Kirsty grew up in northern New South Wales, Australia and has degrees in literature and communications. She is the author of historical novels that have been highly regarded in Australia and around the world, translated into several languages. She has ventured into the mystery genre with her Charlie James novel The Paris Mystery. She is …
Erina writes adult mystery crime novels as well as young adult novels. She has won a Walkley Award as an ABC foreign correspondent. She has a PhD in Creative Writing and has taught writing at Latrobe University and Writers Victoria. Author Website Stand AloneThe Serpent’s Skin (2022)Deep In the Forest (2023)
Allie was born and raised in Lincoln, England where she became a freestyle snowboarder, ranked in the top 10 in the UK. She worked as a London primary school teacher, bookshop assistant, barmaid, nanny and French teacher/translator. In 2003 she moved to Australia and lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Author Website Stand AloneShiver …
Robin Gregory has worked as a social worker in community health, the family violence sector, and with victims of crime. Her day job gives her a deep understanding of crime and exploitation; her fiction enables her to solve it. Apart from a teenage stint in North Queensland, Robin has always lived in Melbourne. She lives …
If you’re trying to find an Australian crime series to read, an author’s full list of crime works or their latest releases you should find this database useful. Listed below are Australian crime fiction authors with links to pages displaying their list of books with a focus on crime/mystery/thriller/suspense.AMark AbernethyRobin AdairBrett AdamsBronte AdamsJack AdamsMark AitkenGoldie …