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Crossing The Lines (Gentill Novel)
''Crossing the Lines'' (2017) is a crime novel by Australian writer Sulari Gentill. It was published in the US in 2020 under the title ''After She Wrote Him''. It won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2018 Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel. Abstract "When Madeleine d’Leon conjures Ned McGinnity as the hero in her latest crime novel, she makes him a serious writer simply because the irony of a protagonist who’d never lower himself to read the story in which he stars, amuses her. When Ned McGinnity creates Madeleine d’Leon, she is his literary device, a writer of detective fiction who is herself a mystery to be unravelled. As Ned and Madeleine play out their own lives while writing the other’s story, they find themselves crossing the lines that divide the real and the imagined. This is a story about two people trying to hold onto each other beyond reality." (Publication summary) Critical reception In ''The Newtown Review of Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulari Gentill
Sulari Gentill is a short Sri Lankan-born Australian author, also known under the pen name of S. D. Gentill. She initially studied astrophysics before becoming a corporate lawyer, but has since become a writer of mystery and fantasy fiction. Her novel ''Crossing The Lines'' won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction. ''Crossing the Lines'' was published as ''After She Wrote Him'' in Northern America. Gentill's ''A Few Right Thinking Men'' was nominated for a 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize. Early life Gentill was born in Sri Lanka. She was raised in Zambia and Brisbane Brisbane ( ; ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and largest city of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia, with a ..., Australia. Education Gentill started studying astrophysics, but ended up graduating in law. Career Gentill was a corporate lawyer. Gentill abandone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, migrated to Britain after its End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman occupiers left. English is the list of languages by total number of speakers, most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the list of languages by number of native speakers, third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language, Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in list of countries and territories where English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantera Press
John M. Green (born 1953) is an Australian businessman, thriller writer, and philanthropist. John M. Green has held various leadership roles throughout his career. He previously served as an executive director at an investment bank and was a partner in two law firms. Additionally, he held a director position at the publishing house ''UNSW Press'' before co-founding Pantera Press, which published his first novel ''Nowhere Man''. Green has also contributed written content to publications like ''The Australian Financial Review'' and ''The Australian''. By July 2022, he served as deputy board chairman of global insurance firm QBE Insurance and held the position of councillor of the National Library of Australia. Personal life John M. Green resides in Sydney. 000049782718 NLA, 000049782718 National Library of Australia authority record. Retrieved 2013-12-23. See field 670 and others. Notably, he and his wife, Jenny Green, a sculptor were jointly recognized with University of New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly Award
The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime True crime is a genre of non-fiction work in which an author examines a crime, including detailing the actions of people associated with and affected by the crime, and investigating the perpetrator's Motive (law), motives. True crime works often ... genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward excellence in the field of crime writing within Australia. The genre of crime writing has long been popular, but it was not until the early 1990s that a local growth of writing within the genre occurred in Australia. By the middle of the decade support for the field had grown sufficiently that it was decided to establish the Ned Kelly Awards. The awards are affectionately referred to as 'The Neddies' within the community. Categories *Best First Novel *Best True Crime *Best Novel *Best T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davitt Award
The Davitt Awards are literary awards which are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, ''Force and Fraud'' in 1865. They are presented for Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. They were established in 2001 to mark the 10th anniversary of the association. Categories *Adult Novel *Young Adult Novel *True Crime *Debut Crime *Readers' Choice Previous winners 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * List of Australian literary awards * List of literary awards honoring women * Sisters in Crime References {{reflist External linksDavitt Awards Australian literary awards Literary awards honoring women Mystery and detective fiction awards Awards established in 2001 2001 establishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2017. Major publications Literary fiction * Peter Carey – ''A Long Way from Home'' * Felicity Castagna – ''No More Boats'' * J. M. Coetzee – ''The Schooldays of Jesus'' * Michelle de Kretser – '' The Life to Come'' * Robert Drewe – ''Whipbird'' * Richard Flanagan – ''First Person'' * Eva Hornung – ''The Last Garden'' * Sofie Laguna – ''The Choke'' * Alex Miller – '' The Passage of Love'' * Gerald Murnane – '' Border Districts'' * Bram Presser – '' The Book of Dirt'' * Kim Scott – ''Taboo'' * Jock Serong – ''On the Java Ridge'' Short story collections * Melanie Cheng – ''Australia Day'' Children's and Young Adult fiction * Judith Clarke – ''My Lovely Frankie'' * Zana Fraillon – ''The Ones That Disappeared'' * Morris Gleitzman – ''Maybe'' * Andy Griffiths ** ''The Tree House Fun Book 2'' ** ''The 91-Storey Treehouse'' * Jessica Townsend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Australian Novels
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number) * One of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017, 2117 Science * Chlorine, a halogen in the periodic table * 17 Thetis, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe *'' Seventeen'' (''Kuraimāzu hai''), a 2003 novel by Hideo Yokoyama * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Stalag 17'', an American war film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'', a 2009 film whose wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
