Michael Robotham is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

 writer.

Formerly a journalist with the Fairfax Press in Sydney he travelled to London and got a job on Fleet Street in 1986. He later became the best-selling pseudonymous author of ten "autobiographies" of people in the arts, Military and sport. He returned to Australia with his family in 1996 and took to writing full-time.

Awards and nominations

• Ned Kelly Awards
  Ned Kelly Awards
  The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres...
  
   for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2005: winner for Lost
  Lost (Australian novel)
  Lost is a 2005 Ned Kelly Award winning novel by the Australian author Michael Robotham.-Reviews:*"Crime Down Under" *"ShotsMag...
  
  
• Ned Kelly Awards
  Ned Kelly Awards
  The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres...
  
   for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: shortlisted for The Night Ferry
• Crime Writers' Association
  Crime Writers' Association
  The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
  
   (UK), The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, 2007: shortlisted for The Night Ferry
• Ned Kelly Awards
  Ned Kelly Awards
  The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres...
  
   for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2008: winner for Shatter
  Shatter (novel)
  Shatter is a psychological thriller written by the Australian author Michael Robotham that was published in 2008. Professor Joseph O'Loughlin is tasked by the police with stopping a woman, Christine Wheeler, from committing suicide, only to fail...
  
  
• Crime Writers' Association
  Crime Writers' Association
  The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
  
   (UK), The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Best Thriller, 2008: shortlisted for Shatter
  Shatter (novel)
  Shatter is a psychological thriller written by the Australian author Michael Robotham that was published in 2008. Professor Joseph O'Loughlin is tasked by the police with stopping a woman, Christine Wheeler, from committing suicide, only to fail...
  
  

Novels

• The Suspect (2004) ISBN 978-0751544176
• Lost
  Lost (Australian novel)
  Lost is a 2005 Ned Kelly Award winning novel by the Australian author Michael Robotham.-Reviews:*"Crime Down Under" *"ShotsMag...
  
  (2005) (aka The Drowning Man) ISBN 978-0751544220
• The Night Ferry (2007)
• Shatter
  Shatter (novel)
  Shatter is a psychological thriller written by the Australian author Michael Robotham that was published in 2008. Professor Joseph O'Loughlin is tasked by the police with stopping a woman, Christine Wheeler, from committing suicide, only to fail...
  
  (2008) ISBN 978-0751537314
• Bombproof (2008) ISBN 978-0751542042
• Bleed For Me (2010) ISBN 978-0751541090
• The Wreckage (2011) ISBN 978-1847442208

Interviews

• "Shots ezine" http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/shots22/intvus_22/robotham.html 2003
• "The Advertiser" http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21965356-5006348,00.html June 26, 2007
• "The Age" http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/following-the-paper-trail/2007/08/18/1186857827578.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 August 19, 2007
• "reviewingtheevidence" http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/interviews.html?id=8 Undated, possibly end 2007
• "The Book Show" - discussion with Peter Temple
  Peter Temple
  Peter Temple is an Australian crime fiction writer.Formerly a journalist and journalism lecturer, Temple turned to fiction writing in the 1990s. His Jack Irish novels are set in Melbourne, Australia, and feature an unusual lawyer-gambler protagonist...
  
  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2313086.htm July 25, 2008