Long Service Leave for Artists…
Being an artist is indeed a privilege, but even the “privileged” need to breathe. On why I’m hitting the open road and how that will benefit my beloved readers…
The True Story That Launched My NEW Mystery (out soon!)
IT started just as this book starts, at a secluded Sydney oval. I was walking blissfully when a stranger appeared and asked me to call his phone…
The Shocking True Crime That Inspired My Last Mystery
If you wear eyeglasses, you might find this true crime mysterious, too (and worth using in a book)
Why Crime is Like a Box of Ciggies
WHY CRIME IS LIKE A BOX OF CIGGIES + 99c MYSTERY Best-selling crime writer and fellow Aussie Michael Robotham once told a crowd at the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival that in an industry that reveres literature, being a crime writer was a lot like being a smoker on the balcony at a party. Sure, everyone …
The Case of the Missing Book Club
Sleuths might have noticed that my Agatha Christie Book Club series vanished from the face of the earth recently. So where did it go?
Good News & Bad (+ 99c Mysteries)
When it comes to my all-new amateur sleuths series, there’s good news and bad (plus SEVEN x 99c mysteries to make up for the bad!)
Did YOUR Name Make My New Mystery? + 99c eBook
Last year I put out a call for weird and wonderful names for my new crime series, and here are the 6 winning entries…
Good Riddance 2020, Hello Half-Price Mysteries :-)
No one will be too sorry to see the back end of 2020, and my family is no exception. Here’s my End of Year review and a flash book sale to celebrate 2021 (bring it on!)
Forget Nordic Noir, Outback Noir is Killin’ It!
When I wrote my first crime novel 20 years ago, I was keen to give my readers a true Aussie experience. Little did I know it would become a whole new genre…
The Vera Author on Kindness, Success & the Problem with Agatha Christie
The Vera author on why she’s glad it took 20 years to find success, on not being a book snob, and her dislike of Agatha Christie (say, wha?!)…
