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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2022 recipient Varuna Fellowships — Varuna Residential Fellowships for commercial fiction ‘I’ll Leave You With This’
- 2021 recipient ASA Mentorship — Fiction
Awards for Works
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The Way Back
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2017
11540579
2017
single work
novel
crime
thriller
'Charlie Johnson is thirteen and in her first year of high school. She loves her family, netball and Liam, the cute guy who sits next to her in Science—but most of all she loves horses and horse-riding. Charlie's parents have leased her a horse, Tic Tac, from the local pony club, but one day they go out for a ride in the national park and only Tic Tac returns . . .
'Four months later, long after the police and the SES have called off the search, Charlie is found wandering injured and filthy, miles from where she was last seen. Her family rejoice in her return, but can anyone truly recover from what Charlie's been through? When a life has been shattered, how do you put the pieces back together?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2018 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Debut
- 2018 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
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y
Last Summer
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2011
Z1792322
2011
single work
novel
'Rory Buchanan has it all: looks, talent, charisma - an all around good-guy, he's the centre of every party and a loving father and husband. Then one summer's afternoon, tragedy strikes. Those who are closest to him struggle to come to terms with their loss. Friendships are strained, marriages falter and loyalties are tested in a gripping and brilliantly crafted novel about loss, grief and desire.
'Told from the points of view of nine of the people who are mourning Rory, this riveting novel presents a vivid snapshot of contemporary suburban Australia and how we live now. Marriage, friendship, family - all are dissected with great psychological insight as they start to unravel under the pressure of grief. The characters live on the page; their lives are unfolded and their dilemmas are as real as our own.
'Last Summer is a stunning novel about loss - the terrible pain of losing a husband, brother or friend - but also all those smaller losses that everyone must face: the loss of youth, the shattering of dreams, the fading of convictions and the change in our notions of who we thought we were. It is also about what comes after the loss: how we pick up the pieces and the way we remake our lives.' (From the publisher's website.)
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