Australian Authors

Joanna Jenkins Book List

Joanna Jenkins grew up on a small farm in country Queensland. After graduating from the University of Queensland in the late eighties with degrees in English Literature and Law, she practised as a solicitor in Big Law, including for many years as a partner of an international law firm. In one firm she worked at, …

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Ben Hobson Book List

Ben Hobson is a writer and teacher of English and music. He grew up in rural Gippsland, Victoria, and after college traveled around Australia in the hybrid ska/rock/hardcore band Sounds Like Chicken. His first book To Become A Whale was longlisted for the ABIA Debut Fiction award and shortlisted for the Courier-Mail’s People’s Choice Award. Author Website …

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Nikki Mottram Book List

Nikki Mottram uses her background in child protection in her crime fiction. She has a psychology degree from The University of Queensland and has worked in London and Australia in positions protecting and promoting the welfare of children at risk of harm. She has been published in the Boroondara Literary Awards anthology and shortlisted for …

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John Byrnes Book List

Born in Sydney, John moved to Mid North Coast of New South Wales with his wife and three children in 2012. He has a broad range of life experience having spent time in the Australian Army, worked fishing trawlers out of Darwin, worked bars and doors in pubs and clubs all over Australia, and somehow …

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Kerryn Mayne Book List

Kerryn Mayne is an author, former wedding photographer and current police officer. She lives in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne with her husband and four children Author Website Stand AloneLenny Marks Gets Away With Murder (2023)Joy Moody Is Out of Time (2024)

Michelle Prak Book List

Michelle Prak has more than 30 years experience in corporate communication, social media, politics and journalism. She lectures in public relations and social media at the University of South Australia.  Author Website Stand AloneThe Rush (2023)

Mali Waugh Book List

Mali Waugh has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Monash University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked in a library and a chocolate shop, and now works as a lawyer.  Stand AloneJudgement Day (2023)

Jo Dixon Book List

Jo Dixon lives on a property in Tasmania where she writes moody tales of imperfect characters making poor decisions. Her stories are full of intrigue and plenty of twists and turns Author Website Stand AloneThe House of Now and Then (2023)A Shadow At the Door (2024)

Donna Mazza Book List

Donna Mazza is an award-winning author of poetry, short fiction and novels. Her debut novel, The Albanian (2007), won the TAG Hungerford Award and she was the Mick Dark Flagship Fellow for Environmental Writing at Varuna, the National Writers House, for her short fiction. Donna teaches literature and writing at Edith Cowan University and lives in …

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