Author Highlights: Sandi Wallace Crime Writer

Special highlights of Sandi's journey as a crime writer – includes some of the inspiring people and amazing events she's enjoyed recently

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Sandi Wallace - Crime Writer

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A Criminally Good Afternoon!

Sandi Wallace and her fellow Aussie Noir writers David Foster and Sean O’Leary had a ball chatting together and with a very warm audience about all things writing at Bayswater Library on 16 November 2022. Read the wrap-up via the link. #australianauthors #noir #australiancrimefiction #crimebooks #crimefiction #authortalk #libraries #librarytalk #lovelibraries #crimewriter #australianauthor #australia #crime #books #writingcrime #crimefictionaddict

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Live Crime Writer Event – Great to be back in front of a live audience (Clunes Booktown 1 May 2021)

Love talking rural noir, especially when we have an awesome live audience! It was terrific to be part of a rural crime panel with fellow writers Katherine Kovacic, Lyn Yeowart and our chair Maggie Baron at Clunes Booktown Turn the Page Festival! And a real pleasure to revisit the country town of Clunes and to sign books after our session. My new book BLACK CLOUD is set nearby. #sistersincrime #crime #books #authors #clunes #korweinguboora #daylesford (Photo credit Carmel Shute, Sisters in Crime)

Excellent time at Clunes Booktown Turn the Page Festival talking rural noir with fellow crime writers Katherine Kovacic, Lyn Yeowart and our panel chair Maggie Baron! Many thanks to our enthusiastic audience for making it such fun! It was beyond great to be in front of a live crowd on a live panel in a stunning venue (Clunes Town Hall) in a beautiful country town and to sign books after the session. #sistersincrime #crime #books #authors #clunes (Photo credit Carmel Shute, Sisters in Crime) Back Road, Beautiful Country

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Crime Takes to the Back Roads – Interrogating Rural Crime (Saturday 1 May 2021)

Excellent time at Clunes Booktown Turn the Page Festival talking rural noir with fellow crime writers Katherine Kovacic, Lyn Yeowart and our panel chair Maggie Baron! Many thanks to our enthusiastic audience for making it such fun! It was beyond great to be in front of a live crowd on a live panel in a stunning venue (Clunes Town Hall) in a beautiful country town and to sign books after the session. #sistersincrime #crime #books #authors #clunes (Photo credit Carmel Shute, Sisters in Crime)

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Tell Me Why winner of the Davitt Award Readers' Choice

Sandi Wallace's debut rural crime thriller Tell Me Why won the Davitt Award Readers' Choice and was shortlisted for the Davitt Award Best Debut. Next Chapter Publishers is proud to re-release a new version of Tell Me Why in early 2020. Tell Me Why is followed by Dead Again, Into the Fog and Black Cloud in the Harvey and Franklin series. Enjoy as standalones – or in series order. #davittawards #awardwinningauthor #NextChapterPub #newrelease #crimefiction #ruralthriller #daylesford #seriesbooks

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SCARLET STILETTO AWARDS: Sisters in Crime Australia

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Crime She Wrote Belgrave Library 2019

Me and my fellow crime writers DB (Deb) Tait (pictured to my left) and Michelle Somers (right) go by "Crime She Wrote", and together at Belgrave Library in October we dissected what we love about the crime genre, delved into the darker side of it, and debated if crime fiction is merely for escapism and entertainment or if it's a powerful tool. (Spoiler: we think it's all that and more!) On top of all that, we thoroughly enjoyed questions from the enthusiastic and warm audience.

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Talking crime again at Coal Creek Literary Festival 2019

Thrilled to be invited to return in 2019 to be part of this wonderful literary festival, I had a fab time chatting with my fellow crime writer Suzi Fox about our books, writing and weird writing ways. The rest of the program was highly entertaining and we wrapped up with all authors on a fun panel!

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Crime Writing Workshop at Romance Writers of Australia Conference 2019

Incredible fun taking an advanced craft workshop on crime writing at the RWA Conference in 2019! My only wish every time I have an opportunity to teach a crime-writing workshop is that I could have longer with my participants!

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Newcastle Writers Festival crime writer panel and crime writing workshop 2019

A thrill and honour to be part of Newcastle Writers Festival in 2019! I had wonderful fun chatting with fellow crime writers Mark Brandi (second from left in photo) and Chris Hammer (pictured right) about the popularity of Aussie noir and what lends the Australian landscape to great crime stories, with excellent questions by crime writer Jaye Ford (far left). I also relished the opportunity to share my passion for crime writing via a workshop for budding writers. One might be a big name soon?

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Talking crime at Cowes Library 2019

What a delight it was to chat about our motives and drivers and all things crime writing with my fellow crime writers Michelle Somers (left of picture) and Sarah Bailey (right) at Cowes Library in January 2019! We enjoyed fabulous questions from the packed audience and thank Lois Gaskin of Turn the Page Bookshop Cowes (between me and Sarah) for helping to organise the fun event.