Nerida Newton (born 1972) is an

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novelist whose first novel, '' The Lambing Flat'' won the Emerging Author category for the

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and was shortlisted for

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. In 2004 the novel was shortlisted the

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for the Asia/Pacific region (Best First Book) and One Book One Brisbane. Later that year, Newton was named by the ''

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'' as one of Australia's best young novelists. Her second novel, '' Death of a Whaler'' was released in 2006. She has had short stories published in Australian Short Stories and Inkspot, articles published in ''

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'', and has presented at various writer's festivals around Australia.

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