Wendy James (author)

Australian crime writer

Wendy James
Born	1966 (age 57–58) Sydney
Occupation	writer
Language	English
Nationality	Australian
Years active	1995-
Notable works	Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder
Notable awards	Ned Kelly Award

Wendy James (born in Sydney,^[1] 1966) is an Australian author of crime and literary fiction. James received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney an MA (writing) from University of Technology, Sydney and a PhD from the University of New England, Armidale.^[2]

James is the eldest sister of Young Adult author Rebecca James.^[3] She lives in Newcastle, New South Wales.^[4]

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best first crime novel, 2006: Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder^[2]
Dobbie Encouragement Award, 2006: shortlisted for Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder^[2]
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2017: shortlisted for The Golden Child^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder (2005)
The Steele Diaries (Vintage, 2008; Momentum, 2013)
Where Have You Been? (UWAP, 2010)
The Mistake (Penguin, 2012)
The Lost Girls (Penguin, 2014)
The Golden Child (HarperCollins, 2017)
The Accusation (HarperCollins, 2019)
A Little Bird (Lake Union, 2021)

Short stories

''Why She Loves Him'' (UWAP, 2009)

References

^ Editor MacMillan.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Wendy James". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Charlotte Wood author". Charlottewood.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
^ Connors, Mark (3 March 2014). "Newcastle author Wendy James reprises history in latest book". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 13 March 2022.