I'm a writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. My first novel, To All Appearance, Dead - a murder mystery set at a conference for collectors of vintage girls' school stories - was published by Bettany Press in the UK in 2007. In 2004, I won the Scarlet Stiletto Award for the best short crime story written by a woman resident in Australia. The story appears in the anthology, Scarlet Stiletto: The First Cut. I was runner-up in the Scarlet Stiletto Award in 2007 and still hope to win that elusive second shoe one day!
I have also contributed to the true-crime anthologies Meaner Than Fiction, Outside the Law 2 and Outside the Law 3.
I've always been an avid reader and crime has always been my favourite genre. Crime shows are also the only thing I watch on the telly these days!
I Am A:
Reader, Writer, Editor
Books And Authors I Like:
Crime writers: Peter Robinson, Val McDermid, Sara Paretsky, Elizabeth George, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers, Patricia Highsmith
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
Movies: The Bishop's Wife, It Happened One Night, The Lives of Others, Dave, World War II movies, Sea of Love, Arlington Road
TV - present: Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War, Wire in the Blood, Dr Who, Torchwood, Life on Mars
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Please have a free read of my P.I. mystery novel, FOUL SHOT, here on my page in pdf. It's set at the beach in North Carolina(USA) and involves the killing of a famous women's pro athlete.
As a Collector of Old Children's Books your Novel sounds interesting I'll keep my eyes open for it. When and where will it be available over here in OZ.
Just to say I got your book this morning and managed to read it all on a long train journey today.
I think the title was inspired - but then I've been an avid Chalet collector since the age of 8. I also relished the quotes at the start of each chapter - al seemed to perfectly set off the chapter that followed. I liked all the references to the way Sally and co used the net to aid them in their crime solving - it made the book seem very real and current. Hope you're enjoying your time in the UK
Hi Liz, thanks for visiting my page! "To All Appearance, Dead" sounds great--will we be able to order it online? I always thought conferences would be a great setting for a murder mystery--all the egos, competing agendas and running feuds under one roof, lol!
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You still with us here?
Please have a free read of my P.I. mystery novel, FOUL SHOT, here on my page in pdf. It's set at the beach in North Carolina(USA) and involves the killing of a famous women's pro athlete.
I think the title was inspired - but then I've been an avid Chalet collector since the age of 8. I also relished the quotes at the start of each chapter - al seemed to perfectly set off the chapter that followed. I liked all the references to the way Sally and co used the net to aid them in their crime solving - it made the book seem very real and current. Hope you're enjoying your time in the UK
I adore her spare style and marvelous storytelling.
Good luck for the first novel! Hope everything goes well.
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