Alex Hammond (born 25 December 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian

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Life

In 1981 he emigrated to Australia with his family. He graduated in Law/Arts from Melbourne University in 2001 and worked for several law firms before becoming an editor and web manager for the

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University.

Author

In 1997, 1998, and 1999 he wrote several short stories for

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. The short stories were, ''The Demon Bottle'' for issue 1, ''The Emperor's Grace'' for issue 3, ''A World Above'' for issue 6, ''Ancient Lances'' for issue 11, and ''Rat in the Walls'' for issue 14. His first novel, ''Blood Witness'' (Penguin 2013), is a contemporary crime thriller set in Melbourne featuring defence lawyer Will Harris. It was short-listed for a Ned Kelly Award for Australian Crime Writing in 2014. It and its sequel, ''The Unbroken Line'' (Penguin 2015) were optioned for a TV Series. Of his third novel, ''The Paris Collaborator'' (Echo 2021), The Sydney Morning Herald said he "artfully constructs this historical thriller within a paranoid and desperate city, creating plenty of twist and tension." The novel is set in German-occupied Paris and follows former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene as he searches for missing people in the days before the battle for the city's liberation. In its sequel ''The Berlin Traitor'' (Echo 2023), Duchene finds himself in post-war Berlin, involved in the hunt for a Nazi war criminal and relying on his wits to survive the beginnings of the Cold War.

Bibliography

''Will Harris'' novels *''Blood Witness'' (2013) *''The Unbroken Line'' (2015) ''Auguste Duchene'' novels *''The Paris Collaborator'' (2021) *''The Berlin Traitor'' (2023)

Interviews

*''Big Squid Podcast'
Author A.W. Hammond – The Berlin Traitor
September 2023 *''Better Reading Podcast'
A.W. Hammond on the Moral Grey Areas of WWII
July 2021 *''Final Draft - Great Conversations'
A.W. Hammond's The Paris Collaborator (Part One)
June 2021 *''

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August 2013

External links

Official WebsiteThe Paris Collaborator - Echo PublishingAuthor page - Penguin Australia

References

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