Peter Corris’s first novel was published in 1980 and he has been a full time writer since 1982. Peter Corris is credited with reviving the fully-fledged Australian crime novel with local settings and reference points and with a series character firmly rooted in Australian culture – Cliff Hardy. Peter Corris was born in Stawell, Victoria …
Gary Corby has long been fascinated by ancient history, finding it more exciting and bizarre than any modern thriller. He has combined the ancient world with his love of whodunits, to create an historical mystery series set in Classical Greece. Gary lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. Author Website Athenian Mystery …
Claire was born in Canada and moved to Australia as a child. She studied film and writing at the University of Technology, Sydney and worked with film crews before moving into the political arena where she was a policy advisor to the Premier in NSW. Her first novel, When We Have Wings has been shortlisted …
Phoenix Connor has been many things in her career, teacher, consultant, editor and part time adventurer. Over the years her articles and short stories-mystery, suspense, romance and horror-have been published in various magazines around the world including Australia, UK, US, South Africa and even Norway. In 2004 she decided to write full time and inspired …
Ross Collier writes Australian thrillers that are fast-paced and compelling. Rather than travel the traditional route his books have been self-published and are available in either electronic or traditional paperback form. The third of his novels, Tug of War, earned a Ned Kelly Award nomination Author Website Stand AloneThe Fenians (2011)Sink or Swim (2011)Tug of …
Cathy is a lecturer at the University of Technology and Sydney College of the Arts. She has published works of short stories and poetry. Both of her first two books were short listed for Ned Kelly Awards. She has also been awarded major writing fellowships for a literary work based on a French family in …
Linda Cockburn is the author of Living the Good Life – Simple Strategies for sustainable Living, also titled Living the Good Life – How One Family Changed their world from their own backyard, published in 2006 by Hardie Grant and 2007 by Snowbooks. She currently lives in Tasmania and has now written her first crime …
Jane Clifton is the genuine show-business all-rounder. Actress, singer and, more recently published crime novelist, Jane is often asked if there is anything she can’t do, to which she simply replies ‘Ballet and making money.’ Jane’s first novel, Half Past Dead, a ‘girlie, sexy, thriller’ was published in 2002 to critical and popular acclaim. Stand …
Harvey Cleggett was with the Victorian Police Force for forty years to get a first hand view of the world of law, order and crime. As a result the crime stories that are produced have a stark realism about them. When Duty Calls seriesThe series features homicide cop Detective Inspector Michael BallardPayback (2013)The Heist (2015)End …
Jon Stephen Cleary was born in Sydney, New South Wales, into a working class family as the eldest of seven children. He joined the army in 1940 and served in the Middle East and New Guinea where he started writing seriously publishing several short stories and a radio play, Safe Horizons which won awards. He …