Michael Robotham Michael Robotham i(A81760 works by)
Born: Established: 1960 Casino, Casino area, Far Northeast NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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Michael Robotham grew up in Casino and in Gundagai, New South Wales. In 1979, he began his journalism cadetship on a Sydney newspaper. In 1986, he left Australia to live in England where he became a Fleet Street journalist.

After fourteen years in journalism, he became a ghostwriter, and the pseudonymous author of ten best-selling non-fiction titles involving prominent overseas figures in the military, the arts, sport and science.

Robotham returned to Sydney with his family in 1996. His first novel, The Suspect, was published in 2004. He has since published over ten more novels, becoming one of Australia's most internationally recognised crime writers. His work has won the Ned Kelly Award more than once and, in 2014, the Gold Dagger, the UK Crime Writers' Association's highest award, only previously won once by an Australian, John Bryson for Evil Angels. (Jane Harper subsequently won it for The Dry.)

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y separately published work icon Lying Beside You Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2022 24397617 2022 single work novel thriller

'TWO MISSING WOMEN. ONE WITNESS. SO MANY LIES . . . The brand-new thriller by the number-one bestselling and award-winning master of crime 

'Twenty years ago, Cyrus Haven's family was murdered. Only he and his brother survived. Cyrus because he hid. Elias because he was the killer.

'Now Elias is being released from a secure psychiatric hospital and Cyrus, a forensic psychologist, must decide if he can forgive the man who destroyed his childhood.

'As he prepares for the homecoming, Cyrus is called to a crime scene in Nottingham. A man is dead and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Then a second woman is abducted . . . The only witness is Evie Cormac, a troubled teenager with an incredible gift: she can tell when you are lying.

'Both missing women have dark secrets that Cyrus must unravel to find them - and he and Evie know better than anybody how the past can come back to haunt you . . .

'This breathtaking new thriller from the #1 bestselling author will keep you guessing until the very end.'  (Publication summary)

2023 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
y separately published work icon When She Was Good Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2020 19122314 2020 single work novel thriller

'He thinks the truth will set her free. She knows it will kill them. A heart-stopping psychological thriller from the Number One bestselling author of THE SECRETS SHE KEEPS and THE OTHER WIFE

'She has secrets. Six years ago, Evie Cormac was found hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a brutal murder. But nobody has ever discovered her real name or where she came from, because everybody who tries ends up dead.

'He needs answers. Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven believes the truth will set Evie free. Ignoring her warnings, he begins to dig into her past, only to disturb a hornet's nest of corrupt and powerful people, who have been waiting to find Evie - the final witness they have been searching for. Unbeknownst to him, Cyrus is leading them straight to Evie. The truth will not set her free. It will get them killed. ' 

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2021 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best Novel
2021 winner Crime Writers' Association (UK) The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
y separately published work icon Good Girl, Bad Girl Sydney : Hachette Australia , 2019 16870604 2019 single work novel thriller

'The girl with no past.

'Six years ago, Evie Cormac was discovered, filthy and half-starved, hiding in a secret room in the aftermath of a shocking crime. Now approaching adulthood, Evie is damaged, self-destructive and has never revealed her true identity.

'The boy who survived.

'Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven, a man haunted by his own past, is investigating the death of champion figure-skater Jodie Sheehan. When Cyrus is called upon to assess Evie, she threatens to disrupt the case and destroy his ordered life.

'Because Evie has a unique and dangerous gift - she knows when someone is lying. And nobody is telling the truth.

'Good Girl, Bad Girl is an unnerving psychological thriller from one of the greatest crime writers of today, Michael Robotham, bestselling author of The Other Wife and The Secrets She Keeps.'  (Publication summary)

2020 winner Crime Writers' Association (UK) The CWA Gold Dagger
2020 longlisted Booksellers Choice Award BookPeople Book of the Year Adult Fiction Book of the Year
2020 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
2020 nominated Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award
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