Candice Fox (born 1985) is an Australian novelist who won the 2014

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for Best First Novel for ''Hades''. She was born in the western suburbs of

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into a large family. She spent a brief period in the

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before studying and teaching at university level. In 2015, Candice started collaborating on a series of novels with bestselling author

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Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Inn'' (2019) (collaboration with James Patterson) * ''2 Sisters Detective Agency'' (2021) (collaboration with James Patterson) * ''Gathering Dark'' (2020) * ''The Chase'' (2021) * ''Fire With Fire'' (2023)

Archer and Bennett

* ''Hades'' (2014) * '' Eden'' (2014) * ''Fall'' (2015)

Detective Harriet Blue

* '' Never Never'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2016) * ''Fifty Fifty'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2017) * ''Liar Liar'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2018) * ''Hush Hush'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2019)

Crimson Lake

* ''

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'' (2017) * ''Redemption Point'' (2018) * ''Gone By Midnight (2019)''

Novellas

* ''Black and Blue'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2016)

Adaptations

''Troppo'' (2022), an ABC TV/

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adaptation of ''Crimson Lake'' starring

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and

Nicole Chamoun Nicole Chamoun (born 1984) is an Australian actress. She played the role of Zahra Al-Biyati in 2018's ''Safe Harbour (TV series), Safe Harbour'' for which she was nominated for the Logie Awards of 2018, 2018 Logie Award for Logie Award for Most ...

premiered on February 27 in Australia and will premiere on May 20, 2022 in the United States. In March 2022 ''Gathering Dark'' was optioned for adaptation by Renegade Entertainment.

Awards

* 2015 shortlisted

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 ...

— Best Debut Crime Novel - ''Hades'' * 2014 winner

Ned Kelly Awards 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 genres. They were established in 1996 by the Crime Writers Association of Australia to reward ...

for Crime Writing — Best First Novel - ''Hades'' * 2015 longlisted

— Best Adult Crime Novel - ''Eden'' * 2015 winner

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Eden'' * 2016 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Fall'' * 2016 longlisted

— Best Adult Crime Novel - ''Fall'' * 2017 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Crimson Lake'' * 2018 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Redemption Point'' * 2018 shortlisted listed

— Best Adult Crime Novel - ''Crimson Lake'' * 2019 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Gone By Midnight'' * 2021 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''Gathering Dark'' * 2021 shortlisted

— Best Adult Crime Novel - ''Gathering Dark'' * 2022 shortlisted

for Crime Writing — Best Novel - ''The Chase''

References

External links

Interview - "Author Candice Fox has a dark side" ''Australian Writers Centre''

Interview - "Meet Candice Fox, Author Of Hades" ''Backseat Clarity''

Official website
Living people 21st-century Australian novelists Australian women novelists Ned Kelly Award winners 21st-century Australian women writers Australian crime fiction writers 1985 births {{Australia-writer-stub