Barry Maitland
Barry Maitland was head of the architecture school at the University of Newcastle. The Marx Sisters, the first in his London-based Brock and Kolla crime novels, was published in 1994 and 13 more have followed in the series. …
Wendy James
Wendy James is the author of eight novels, including the bestselling The Mistake and the compelling The Golden Child, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Ned Kelly Award for crime. Her debut novel, Out of …
Anna Downes
Anna Downes was born and raised in Sheffield, UK, and worked as an actress before turning her attention to writing, appearing in BBC TV shows such as Eastenders, Casualty, Holby City, and Dalziel and Pascoe. She has …
Auntie Dianne O’Brien
Dianne O’Brien (known as Auntie Di) is currently the Chairperson of Mingaletta Corporation, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community hub. In 2017, she was named ‘NSW Grandparent of the Year’. She has held many …
Vicki Virtue
New Zealander Vicki Virtue always dreamed about travelling the world and writing about her adventures. After a solo trip to Africa, her career in advertising career helped power her wanderlust, taking her from New Zealand …
Russell Manser
By the time he was 50 years old, Russell Manser, a convicted bank robber/gaol escapee had spent 23 years in prison. A victim of institutional sexual abuse beginning at the age of 15, he began …
John Killick
John Killick John Killick is a former bank robber/gaol escapee who spent over 30 years in maximum security prisons in four states. Now an author of three books, Gambling For Love, The Last Escape and …
James Bradley
James Bradley (OAM)is a novelist and critic. He trained as a lawyer before becoming a writer. His novels, which have been published internationally, explore both past and future. His books include seven novels and a …
Meg Keneally
Meg Keneally worked as a public affairs officer, sub-editor, freelance feature writer, reporter, and talkback radio producer, before co-founding a financial service public relations company, which she then sold after having her first child. For more …
Larissa Behrendt
Larissa is the author of three novels: Home, which won the 2002 David Unaipon Award and the regional Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book; Legacy, which won the 2010 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for …