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Jane Clifton The Showbiz Wiz
My special guest this week is Jane Clifton, a genuine show-business all-rounder. Actress, singer and writer, Jane is often asked if there is anything she can't do, to which she replies “Ballet and making money”. Jane has written three crime novels, and a memoir called The Address Book. Sandi: Tell us about your first published…
Tell Me – Why Daylesford?
One of the first questions people ask about Tell Me Why is: Why Daylesford? Pretty apt, because the spa country setting was the launching pad for this book and for where I would base the series. It came before much of the storyline solidified in my imagination. The first part of that stems from it…
Ellie Marney’s romantic crime mysteries aren’t just for young adults
Ellie Marney is my special guest author this week. Her most recent Young Adult (YA) novel is Every Word, the second book in the Every series and follow-up to the Gold Inky-nominated Every Breath. I’ve read both in the series so far and reckon the category for these books should be “Young Adult and Adult…
Trailer Mad
Yesterday I launched the Tell Me Why book trailer - my very first book trailer for my very first book Tell Me Why. I’m so thrilled with the trailer that I’m offering you the opportunity to win one of the very first paperback copies of Tell Me Why when it comes hot off the press.…
Helene Young delivers thrillers wrapped in love
Award winning romantic suspense author, Helene Young, is my special guest this week. Helene draws inspiration from her work as an airline pilot, and if that's not enough then living aboard a catamaran in Moreton Bay provides plenty of interesting characters to spark her imagination. Sandi: Tell us about your first published book. Helene: Wings…
Like a wonderful dream in a snug bed…
In six weeks, Book Expo Australia in Sydney will be my first outing with Tell Me Why. So this is when it should be starting to feel real, right? Yes and no. Things are certainly happening. My publisher Clan Destine Press is laying out my book and pre-orders of my paperback will open shortly. Launches…
The power of truth drives Vikki Petraitis
This week my featured author is Vikki Petraitis, a true crime writer who has written nearly a dozen books in the genre. Sandi: Tell us about your first published book. Vikki: My first published book was The Phillip Island Murder published by John Kerr. It came out in 1993 and detailed a murder on Phillip…
Billboards & bestsellers, not dogstar blues for Alison Goodman
My guest today is Alison Goodman, the author of Eon and Eona, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology. She writes in many genres and is currently working on a new historical series. Sandi: Tell us about your first published book. Alison: My first published book was Singing The Dogstar Blues, a YA science fiction…
Death, mirth and spirits
After a mad dash from my “other job” on Saturday morning, I joined a throng of readers and writers at MADE in Ballarat – the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka – for the inaugural Death in July festival. Sisters in Crime Australia and Ballarat Writers Inc jointly hosted this event in celebration of women’s…
Helen Goltz is sweet, yet deadly
This week I’m featuring Brisbane-based author Helen Goltz. A journalist by trade, she has challenged herself across a range of genres including crime thrillers, historical fiction and non-fiction. Her recent release is Death by Sugar. Sandi: Tell us about your first published book. Helen: My first published book was the crime thriller, Mastermind, published by…
