John Dale (born 15 January 1953 in

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) is an Australian author of crime fiction and true crime books. He completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the

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, in 1999, and subsequently joined the UTS writing Program where he was Professor of Writing and Director of the UTS Centre for New Writing until 2020.Austlit - John Dale
/ref> He is the author of ten books including the best-selling ''Huckstepp'' and two crime novels ''Dark Angel'' and ''The Dogs Are Barking'', published with Serpents Tail Press in the UK, and a memoir, ''Wild Life'', an investigation into the fatal shooting of his grandfather in 1940s Tasmania. He has edited two anthologies, ''Out West'' and ''Car Lovers'', and co-edited a third anthology, ''Best on Ground'', on Australian Rules football. His novel, ''Leaving Suzie Pye'', was published in 2010 and translated into Turkish. His novella ''Plenty'' was published in 2013. He has been a judge of several major Australian literary awards and his essays, reviews and non-fiction have appeared in a wide variety of journals and newspapers. His research and teaching areas include narrative fiction, creative non-fiction, crime narratives and the novella. His crime novel ''Detective Work'' (2015) was based on an unsolved Sydney murder and he was the editor of 'Sydney Noir' (2018). His dystopian novel ''The Blasphemy Laws'' was published in 2019 and his latest book is the academic satire ''The Faculty'' (2022).

Awards

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for Crime Writing, Best True Crime, 2005: shortlisted for ''Wild Life'' *

for Crime Writing, Best True Crime, 2000: winner for ''Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life'' *

for Crime Writing, Best First Novel Award, 1996: winner for ''Dark Angel'' *The Angus & Robertson Writer's Fellowship, 1986: winner for ''The Blank Page''

Bibliography

Novels

*'' Dark Angel'' (1995) *''The Dogs are Barking'' (1998) *''Leaving Suzie Pye'' (2010) *''Detective Work'' (2015) *''The Blasphemy Laws'' (2019) *''The Faculty'' (2022)

Novellas

* ''Plenty'' (2013)

Children's

*''Army of the Pure'' (2007)

Non-fiction

*''Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life'' (2000; revised ed. 2014) *''Wild Life'' (2004) *''If George Orwell were alive today … on Nineteen Eighty-four and the thrust of Orwellian political satire'' (2019)

Edited

*''Out West: Australian Dirt'' (1996) *''Car Lovers: Twelve Australian Writers on Four Wheels'' (2008) *''Best on Ground'' Co-edited with Peter Corris (2010) *''Sydney Noir'' (2018)

References

External links

Official website
Australian crime writers 1953 births Living people Australian non-fiction writers Ned Kelly Award winners {{Australia-writer-stub