Sulari Gentill Sulari Gentill i(A132345 works by) (a.k.a. S. D. Gentill)
Born: Established:
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Sri Lanka,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Sulari Gentill describes herself in the following way: 'I'm Australian. I was born in Sri Lanka, learned to speak English in Zambia and grew up in Brisbane. I went to University to study Astrophysics, graduated in Law and after years of corporate contracts, realized I just wanted to tell stories.'

Gentill's literary achievements include being commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers' 2008 Jim Hamilton Award, longlisted for the Hachette/QLD Writers' Centre Australian Manuscript Development Program for fiction writers, and shortlisted for the 2008 New Holland Publishers and NSW Writers Centre Genre Fiction Award. She has also been awarded a Varuna Fellowship.

Source: Sulari Gentill's website, http://www.sularigentill.com/
Sighted: 12/10/2010

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y separately published work icon The Woman in the Library Scottsdale : Poisoned Pen Press , 2022 23624522 2022 single work novel crime mystery

'In every person's story, there is something to hide...

'The ornate reading room at the Boston Public Library is quiet, until the tranquility is shattered by a woman's terrified scream. Security guards take charge immediately, instructing everyone inside to stay put until the threat is identified and contained. While they wait for the all-clear, four strangers sitting at the same table, pass the time in conversation and friendships are struck. Each has his or her own reasons for being in the reading room that morning—it just happens that one is a murderer.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2023 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
2023 nominated Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award Mary Higgins Clark Award
y separately published work icon A Testament of Character Seaforth : Pantera Press , 2020 18268277 2020 single work novel crime

'When his friend Daniel Cartwright dies and names Rowland as his executor, Rowland must divert his plans to return home to Australia and travel to America. Daniel was vastly wealthy but appears to have disinherited his family in favour of a man called James Meredith, whom no one can find. Rowland and his troupe of friends embark on a journey that takes them through New York, Warwick and Baltimore as they track down answers to the questions that surround Daniel's death and the mysterious disappearance of James Meredith.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
2021 shortlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
y separately published work icon All the Tears in China Shanghai Secrets Neutral Bay : Pantera Press , 2019 14811793 2019 single work novel crime

'Shanghai 1935. An expatriate playground where fortunes are made and lost, where East and West collide, and the stakes include life itself. Rowland Sinclair arrives into this cultural melting pot, from Sydney to represent his brother at international wool negotiations. The black sheep of the family, Rowland is under strict instructions to commit to nothing . . . but a brutal murder makes that impossible.

'All the Tears in China throws a classic murder mystery into a glitzy, glamorous, tawdry and dangerous world, entrancing both new and old readers.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
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