Dervla McTiernan was born in County Cork, Ireland to a family of seven. She studied corporate law at the National University of Ireland, Galway and the Law Society of Ireland, and practiced as a lawyer for twelve years. Following the global financial crisis she moved with her family to Western Australia, where she now works …
Claire McNab is the pseudonym of Claire Carmichael and she was once a high school teacher in Sydney. She moved to the United States in 1994. She has served as the president of Sisters in Crime and is a member of both the Mystery Writers of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America. She …
Jame McLean was born in the early 1970s and was raised on an outback Queensland property. Suffering alternately flooding rains and devastating droughts have tested his mettle over the years as he runs a property of over 100,000 acres of grazing land. He has always had an ability for story-telling and published his first novel, …
Born in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, Philip McLaren is a descendant of the Kamilaroi people, an aboriginal author and winner of the 1992 David Unaipon Award for Sweet Water – Stolen Land. Scream Black Murder was nominated for a Ned Kelly Award in 1996. He is a recipient of an Australia Arts Fellowship in …
Colin McLaren was one of Australia’s most experienced taskforce detectives and investigated the Walsh Street murders, the Mr Cruel kidnappings, and the NCA bombing and murder. After his encounter with the Mafia, Colin lectured at the Detective Training School. He has resigned from the police force and divides his time between Italy and Australia. A …
Jan McKemmish studied social sciences at La Trobe University and taught at high schools in the mid-1970s. She later taught writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and the University of Queensland. In addition to novels and short stories she has written scripts for radio. Stand AloneA Gap In the Records (1985)Only Lawyers Dancing (1992)
Fiona has written novels in a number of different genres including the fantasy realm, historical saga, children’s and the crime genre. Her first book, Bye, Bye Baby was first published under the pseudonym Lauren Crow before it was republished. While meeting the demands of publishers and readers in each of the genres in which she …
Melbourne born author Geoff McGeachin has spent much of his life shooting pictures for advertising, travel, theatre and feature films. His work has taken him all over the world including stints living in Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong. He is now based in Sydney where he teaches photography and writes. Author Website Alby …
Andrew McGahan was born in Dalby, Queensland. His first novel Praise, published in 1992, was winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Since then his writing includes an award winning stage play (Bait) and the AFI award winning screenplay for the movie version of Praise. His second novel was the prequel 1988, published in 1995, and …
Born in New Zealand, McCutcheon moved to Australia in the 1970s. He has written 22 plays that have been professionally produced. He has also worked as a radio broadcaster with the highlight being as presenter / producer of ‘Australia Talks Back’ on Radio National. He writes political thrillers taking real life situations and weaving them …