Chris Hammer (born in 1960) is a bestselling Australian crime-writer and journalist.
He is the author of the Martin Scarsden series of novels that have been bestsellers in several countries.
Hammer has a 30-year career as a journalist and has worked for
''The Bulletin'', Fairfax and on the SBS program,
Dateline.
When writing his crime novels he allows the story to develop, rather than plotting it out in advance.
He won the
ACT Book of the Year
The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), k ...
in 2011 for his non-fiction book, ''The River''. His first novel,
''Scrublands'', won the
John Creasey Award __NOTOC__
The CWA New Blood Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association (CWA) for first books by previously unpublished writers. It is given in memory of CWA founder John Creasey and was previously known as The John Cr ...
at the UK Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards in 2019.
Bibliography
Martin Scarsden series
* ''
Scrublands
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It ma ...
'' (2018)
* ''Silver'' (2019)
* ''Trust'' (2020)
Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan series
* ''Treasure and Dirt'' (2021) (also published as ''Opal Country'' (UK))
* ''The Tilt'' (2022) (also published as ''Dead Man's Creek'' (UK))
* ''The Seven'' (2023)
Non-fiction
* ''The River'' (2010)
* ''The Coast'' (2012)
References
External links
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Australian journalists
1960 births
Living people
Australian crime writers
Australian non-fiction writers
21st-century Australian writers