Sara Hood
Melaleuca is a beautifully written, absorbing crime novel that introduces us to a stunning new voice to Australian women’s crime fiction. Angie Faye Martin is a stunning new voice and here she writes about how she got to here and why.
Does anyone think they’re bad? That’s the question Joanne Jenkins asks. Read here how she researched this (most unusual!) and how it informed her development of complex characters.
7 books received honours in the prestigious 25th Davitt Awards, for the best crime books written by women during calendar year 2024.
After what can only be described as extensive deliberation, the judges have announced the shortlist for the Davitt Awards 2025. Congratulations to all of these very worthy Australian women writers.
Tips for Writing a Criminally Good Short Story Ruth Wykes, Scarlet Stiletto Awards Coordinator and Sisters in Crime Australia Convenor, has provided some handy tips to help you polish your submission.
We are thrilled to announce that the Readers Choice Award has been renamed in honour and memory of one of Australia’s greatest and most beloved crime writers: Kerry Greenwood. Voting now open for members.
Australia’s premier short story awards for crime fiction written by Australian women. It is critical you read this information before entering. Information supplied here and in How to Enter forms part of the terms and conditions of entry. Who can enter Categories offered These are the categories offered in 2025. All entries are automatically entered …
Not sure how old to make the protagonist in her Southern Highlands Mysteries series Joan Sauers took inspiration from the Baby Animals… ‘too young to know, too old to listen’. She explains why ….
Jacquie Pham’s debut novel has landed and it is a spellbinding historical murder mystery that transports readers to the lavish yet treacherous world of 1920s French-colonial Vietnam—a setting rarely explored in fiction with such depth and intensity. She talks with Robyn Walton about why this story and how it developed.
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