Born in 1971 in Adelaide to hippy parents, Leigh has lived the alternative lifestyle most her life in place or another. If ever there was an interesting life, Leigh Redhead has lived it. She has completed a BA in Communications at the University of Technology, Sydney in 1998, an MPhil in Creative Writing at the …
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Alex Palmer was born in England, leaving when she was 5 arriving in Sydney in the late 1960’s. She studied English Literature and Language at Macquarie University. She now writes full-time and lives in Canberra. Her debut novel, Blood Redemption, is a police procedural set on the streets of Sydney and it won her the …
David Owen was born in Zimbabwe in 1956 and grew up in Malawi and Swaziland. He completed his education in South Africa and then spent some years working in London. He migrated to Australia in 1986 and lived in Melbourne for four years. He is now settled in Tasmania. Franz “Pufferfish” Heineken seriesDetective Inspector Franz …
Caroline Overington is an award-winning journalist having won the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism twice. She has worked for The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald as well as writing for The Weekend Australian Magazine. She has profiled many of the world’s most famous women, including Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton. Author Website Stand AloneGhost Child …
Paddy is a fiction and screenplay writer and has one numerous awards for her short stories. Her work has been published widely in literary magazines as well as being anthologised in books such as Best Australian Stories 2004. In March 2005 Paddy was awarded a Full Fellowship residency at the Vermont Studio Center, USA. Her …
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Chris Nyst was born in Blackall, western Queensland, in 1953. Raised in Brisbane, he obtained a Law degree from the University of Queensland before commencing practice as a solicitor in Brisbane, and later on the Gold Coast. As a lawyer he has been involved in some of Australia’s most sensational cases. He is recognised as …
Malla was born in Swaziland in Southern Africa. She attended Florence Christian Academy, a “mixed race” boarding school. She migrated with her family to Western Australia in the 1970s where she graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and History. She next moved to …
Pat Noad was born and educated in Brisbane , and has spent a good deal of her life there – but always with an escape hatch to the beach, where most of the writing happens. She has a lifelong passion for reading, and one way or another she has always been writing. Her work in …
