Holly Craig lives on the Western Australian coast. She spent her childhood on boats and on Rottnest Island. The beach and river were her playground and have shaped the settings in her novels. Holly has degrees in journalism, public relations, English teaching and creative writing from Curtin University. She lives in Fremantle with her family. …
Cozy mystery author, Louisa Bennet, studied Literature at the University of London. She worked in magazine publishing and climate change consulting before focusing on novel writing. She divides her time between London and Sydney, Australia, and runs courses on crime fiction and creative writing. When writing crime thrillers she uses the pen-name L.A. Larkin. Visit …
Darcy Coates is a USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen horror and suspense novels. She lives on the Central Coast of Australia with her family, cat and some chickens. Relaxation amounts to walking through the rolling wilderness that surrounds her home on all sides. Author Website Ghosts and Shadows seriesHouse of Shadows …
Adrian McKinty was born and grew up in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. After studying philosophy at Oxford University he emigrated to New York City where he lived in Harlem for six years working in bars, bookstores, building sites and finally the basement stacks of the Columbia University Medical School Library in Washington Heights. In April 2008 …
Terry Hayes is a former journalist and screen-writer. Born in Sussex, England, he migrated to Australia as a child and trained as a journalist at the country’s leading broadsheet. At twenty-one he was appointed North American correspondent, based in New York, and after two years returned to Sydney to become an investigative reporter, political correspondent …
Trent Dalton is an award-winning journalist at The Weekend Australian Magazine. His writing includes several short and feature-length film screenplays. He was nominated for a 2010 AFI Best Short Fiction screenplay award for his latest film, Glenn Owen Dodds, which also won the prestigious International Prix Canal award at the world’s largest short film festival, …
Roger Simpson is one of Australia’s leading writers and producers. He has created seventeen series for television including the highly acclaimed telemovie series Halifax f.p. (1994–2001) and its sequel Halifax: Retribution (2020), the cult series Good Guys, Bad Guys (1996–1998), the police drama Stingers. Roger is the winner of twelve awards for writing including nine Australian Writers Guild AWGIE Awards as well …
Andrew Nette is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, researcher, book and film reviewer and pulp scholar. He has written for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and The British Film Institute. He co-edited Hard Labour, an anthology of Australian short crime fiction, and LEE, an anthology of fiction inspired by American cinema icon, Lee Marvin. He is co-editor …
Sally Piper is a writer whose work has been published in the anthology “One Book Many Brisbanes,” and in numerous writing journals, literary magazines, and the “Weekend Australian.” “Grace’s Table” was short-listed in the 2011 Queensland Premiers Literary Award’s emerging Queensland author category. Stand AloneGrace’s Table (2014)The Geography of Friendship (2018)Bone Memories (2022)
Sarah Smith is one of Australia’s most experienced TV drama writers and showrunners. Her credits include Amazing Grace, Bite Club, Love Child, House of Bond, Winter, Wild Boys, Rescue Special Ops, Dripping in Chocolate, All Saints and McLeod’s Daughters. Sarah lives in Sydney Stand AloneTwelve Steps to a Long and Fulfilling Death (2023)