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Double Lives Short-listed in the Danger Awards 2023

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I received the very exciting news that Double Lives has been shortlisted in the Danger Awards for 2023. The Danger Awards champion books featuring Australia as a setting for stories about crime and justice. This year the festival theme is ‘A place for every crime story and a crime story for every place.’

Perusing the list I was honoured to be acknowledged alongside some of Australia’s heavyweights of crime writing:

  • Brunswick Street Blues (Sally Bothroyd, HarperCollins)
  • Daughters of Eve (Nina D Campbell, A&U)
  • The Tilt (Chris Hammer, A&U)
  • Exiles (Jane Harper, Pan)
  • Double Lives (Kate McCaffrey, Echo)
  • The Torrent (Dinuka McKenzie, HarperCollins)
  • Black River (Matthew Spencer, A&U)
  • Dirt Town (Hayley Scrivenor, Pan)

This year, a People’s Choice Award has been introduced and will be announced on 3 November. Readers can cast their vote on shortlisted titles until 28 October. So if you liked Double Lives go over there and vote! Or, you can use the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZBZJ898rqISQPRDKQtlRajrgUT5GKR_QekI-QV359ISy3LA/viewform

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I am an Australian author of YA and Adult fiction. My first novel Destroying Avalon (2006) published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press is about cyber bullying.My second novel In Ecstasy (2008) is about friendship and drugs. My third novel Beautiful Monster (2010)focuses on body image . Crashing Down (2014) was my fourth novel and is about teen pregnancy. Saving Jazz (2016), is a novel that looks the world of social media and what happens when your mistakes go viral. In 2019 I released a non-fiction book The (mostly) English Teachers' Survival Guide To Marking which outlines a coded marking and feed-forward system, designed to save teachers about 50% of their marking time. My first adult book Double Lives is being released in 2022. I live in Western Australia, with my husband, two daughters, a cat and two Maltese Shih Tzus.

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