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Author Description I'm the author of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46436064.Mother_of_Pearl" title="Mother of Pearl" rel="nofollow noopener">Mother of Pearl</a>, a work of literary fiction, three crime novels, and a selection of short stories.<br /><br />My crime fiction novels are set in Thailand and feature Australian expat detective Jayne Keeney. The first book in the series <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3336982.Behind_the_Night_Bazaar" title="Behind the Night Bazaar" rel="nofollow noopener">Behind the Night Bazaar</a> (Text, 2006) won the 2004 Victorian Premiers' Literary Award for Unpublished Manuscript and was short-listed for the 2007 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Book. The second book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8470255.The_Half_Child" title="The Half-Child" rel="nofollow noopener">The Half-Child</a> (Text, 2010), and third, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17936040.The_Dying_Beach" title="The Dying Beach" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dying Beach</a>, were both shortlisted for Ned Kelly Awards for Best Crime Fiction, with <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17936040.The_Dying_Beach" title="The Dying Beach" rel="nofollow noopener">The Dying Beach</a> also shortlisted for the 2014 Davitt Award.<br /><br />My short story 'The Teardrop Tattoos' won the Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto in 2011. An early Jayne Keeney story, 'The Mole on the Temple', won third prize in 1998.

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