Cathy Cole Book List

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 Hanoi. 


Nicola Sharp series

PI Nicola Sharp is a tough woman living and working in the Sydney suburb of Balmain

Dry Dock (1999)
Skin Deep (2002)


Critical Acclaim

Dry Dock:

  • Shortlisted 2000 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction

Skin Deep:

  • Shortlisted 2002 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction