Anne Buist Anne Buist i(8139290 works by)
Also writes as: Simone Sinna
Gender: Female
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'Anne Buist is the Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and has over 25 years clinical and research experience in perinatal psychiatry. She works with Protective Services and the legal system in cases of abuse, kidnapping, infanticide and murder.' (Source: www.textpublishing.com.au/authors/annebuist )

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y separately published work icon The Glass House Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2024 27255162 2024 single work novel

'A compelling, addictive novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine told with heart, humour and insight by Anne Buist and The Rosie Project's Graeme Simsion

'Psychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. But that was nothing compared to the psychiatric ward at Menzies Hospital.

'Hannah must learn on the job in a strained medical system, as she and her fellow trainees deal with the common and the bizarre, the hilarious and the tragic, the treatable and the confronting. Every day brings new patients: Chloe, who has a life-threatening eating disorder; Sian, suffering postpartum psychosis and fighting to keep her baby; and Xavier, the MP whose suicide attempt has an explosive story behind it. All the while, Hannah is trying to figure out herself.

'With intelligence, frankness and humour, eminent psychiatrist Anne Buist tells it like it is, while co-writer Graeme Simsion brings the light touch that made The Rosie Project an international bestseller and a respected contribution to the autism conversation.' (Publication summary)

2025 longlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Alex Ross.
y separately published work icon The Long Shadow Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2020 17948770 2020 single work novel thriller

'PSYCHOLOGIST Isabel Harris has come to the outback town of Riley because her husband, Dean, is assessing the hospital—the hub of the community—with a view to closing it down. Isabel, mostly occupied with her toddler, will run a mother–baby therapy group. But on the first day she gets an anonymous note from one of the mothers:

'The baby killer is going to strike again. Soon.

'Then a series of small harassments begins.

'Is it an attempt to warn Dean off? Or could the threat be serious? A child was murdered in Riley once before...

'As Isabel discovers more about the mothers in her group, she begins to believe the twenty-five-year-old mystery of a baby’s death may be the key to preventing another tragedy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
y separately published work icon This I Would Kill For Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2018 12263407 2018 single work novel crime

'Natalie King has been hired to do a psychiatric evaluation for the children's court. A custody dispute. Not her usual territory, but now that she's pregnant she's happy to do a simple consult.

'Jenna and Malik's break-up is anything but simple. He claims she's crazy and compulsive; she claims he's been abusing their daughter Chelsea.

'But what if all the claims are true? Or none? How can Natalie protect the child? And how does she work out where her concerns for Chelsea slide into her growing obsession with her own lost father?

'More urgently- with both parents saying they're desperate to keep their daughter safe - what if one of them is desperate enough to kill?' (Publication summary)

2019 shortlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
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