Honey Brown (born 1972) is an Australian novelist who grew up in

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."The Accidental Author" ''The Australian'', 20 April 2013
/ref> She attended Campbell Town High School and Launceston College before moving to

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. In 2009 she was involved in a farming accident which left her partially paralysed and unable to walk. She now lives in Gippsland, Victoria, with her husband and two children. Her first novel, ''Red Queen'', was published by Penguin in 2008 and won the Aurealis Award for best horror novel in 2009. With her subsequent novels she was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award in 2011 for ''The Good Daughter'', and she won the

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 186 ...

in 2014 for ''Dark Horse''.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Red Queen'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''After the Darkness'' (2012) * '' Dark Horse'' (2013) * ''Through the Cracks'' (2014) *''Six Degrees: The power of attraction connects us all'' (2015)

Awards and nominations

* 2009 winner Aurealis Award for best horror novel – ''Red Queen'' * 2009 highly commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards – FAW Christina Stead Award – ''Red Queen'' * 2009 finalist

Australian Shadows Award The Australian Shadows Awards are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania residen ...

– Long Fiction – ''Red Queen'' * 2011 longlisted

Miles Franklin Literary Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases". The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin (1879–19 ...

– ''The Good Daughter'' * 2011 shortlisted

Barbara Jefferis Award The Barbara Jefferis Award is an Australian literary award prize. The award was created in 2007 after being endowed by John Hinde upon his death to commemorate his late wife, author Barbara Jefferis. It is funded by his $1 million bequest. Origi ...

– ''The Good Daughter'' * 2013 longlisted

– Best Adult Crime Novel – ''After the Darkness'' * 2014 winner

– Best Adult Crime Novel – ''Dark Horse''"Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing" by Stephen A Russell "The New Daily", 4 September 2014
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– Best Adult Crime Novel – ''Through the Cracks''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Honey 1972 births Living people Australian women novelists 21st-century Australian novelists 21st-century Australian women writers Writers from Tasmania Writers from Victoria (Australia) Australian horror writers Women horror writers Australian crime writers Women mystery writers