Australian Authors

Merrilee Moss Book List

Merrilee Moss is a playwright and novelist who lives in Melbourne. Her novels for young adults include the eight-book adventure series Hot Pursuit, a novel for younger readers, Thriller & Me and the (adult) comic detective novel, Fedora Walks. Her plays have toured theatres and community venues all over Australia and include, If Looks Could …

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Carolyn Morwood Book List

Carolyn Morwood is a Special Education teacher, living and working in Melbourne, Australia. Her poetry and short stories have been published in the UK and Australia. Her first novel The Blessing File, was published by The Women’s Press in 1998 and won the Tom Howard Mystery Novel Contest while A Simple Death won the 2002 …

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Barry Morwood Book List

Barry Morwood is a Gold Coast lawyer who has practiced in business and family law for many years. He was born and raised in Griffith, New South Wales, graduated from the Australian National University before moving to live on the Gold Coast. Stand AloneThe Dark Side (1997)

Kate Morton Book List

Kate Morton was born in 1976 and grew up in the mountains of South East Queensland. She has degrees in Dramatic Art and English Literature, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Queensland. Kate lives with her husband and young son in a hundred-year-old house in Brisbane. Author Website Stand AloneThe The …

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Finola Moorhead Book List

Finola Moorhead is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and reviewer. Her topics include women and writing, switching between reality and fiction, with themes of subversion and survival. Stand AloneStill Murder (1991)Darkness More Visible (2002)

Kit Moodie Book List

A musician and a writer, Kit Moodie has published music books as Kathleen Moodie, and short stories and a novel as Kit Moodie. Kit has sold short stories to magazines and newspapers. She has written a sequel to her only published crime novel but it remains unpublished. Stand AloneDead Set-Up (1992)

Ian Moffitt Book List

Ian Moffitt, author of nine books, was a daily newspaperman in Australia, Asia and the United States before he began writing fiction as a full-time occupation. Ian died in November 2000 Stand AloneThe Retreat of Radiance (1982)The Colour Man (1983)Blue Angels (1987)Death Adder Dreaming (1988)Gilt Edge (1991)The Electric Jungle (1993)

John Misto Book List

John Misto was born in Sydney and has been writing for the stage and television for 2 decades. His credits include the Rodney Seaborn Playwright’s Award for Best New Australian Play for Harp on the Willow, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Best Play and the Australian Remembers National Play Competition for The Shoe-Horn Sonata. …

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Alan Mills Book List

Alan Mills was born in England but migrated to Australia at the age of 23. He has worked as a research assistant in criminal psychology in a British maximum security prison; a sideshow barker in a travelling carnival; a scriptwriter for a TV cop series; a high school teacher; a bookshop manager; an English instructor …

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Noel Mealey Book List

Noel Mealey has travelled extensively through rural Australia, working in the construction industry. He was inspired to write by his father, who spun his outback yarns under the stars on hot summer nights in central Queensland. Having retired from business, Noel now lives in Brisbane with his wife. Syd Fielding seriesSyd Fielding is a detective …

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