Anna Westbrook Anna Westbrook i(A98626 works by)
Gender: Female
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Anna Westbrook is a Sydney-based writer, poet, and academic. Anna completed a PhD at the University of New South Wales and lectures in creative writing at New York University Sydney. Her poems have been published in the USA, France, and Australia.

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y separately published work icon Dark Fires Shall Burn Fremantle : Vivid Publishing , 2016 9027867 2016 single work novel historical fiction crime

'It is 1946, and Sydney is a changed city. In the aftermath of World War II, soldiers have returned to their neighbourhoods, and the community is mending its rifts. When eleven-year-old Frances Reed is found raped and murdered in a Newtown cemetery, the sensationalised details make their way into the media, whipping the city into frenzy — everyone wants the killer found and justice served.

'Sixteen-year-old Templeton lives in the seediest part of Sydney’s underbelly, amid bootleggers, gangs, and prostitutes, with his sister Annie and her friends. Convinced he knows who killed Frances, he becomes determined to bring the perpetrator to justice, in the process becoming embroiled in a feud between Annie’s beau, the violent Jack Tooth, and local hard man Bob Newham.

'In the doglegged streets of Darlinghurst, Templeton and Annie are forced to seek protection from a madam: the once-powerful grog runner Dolly Jenkins. Under Jenkins’ roof, Templeton is drawn into a titillating, enigmatic world of bohemian sexuality, where secrets abound.

'Inspired by a real murder case, Dark Fires Shall Burn is a powerful historical crime novel that explores the intersection of justice and vengeance, and a community’s hunger for resolution.' (Publication summary)

2017 longlisted Davitt Award Best Adult Crime Novel
y separately published work icon Hey Sugar 2006 (Manuscript version)x401590 Z1308866 2006 single work novel
2006 shortlisted The Australian / Vogel National Literary Award (for an unpublished manuscript)
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