Sydney
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, 1966) is an Australian author of crime and literary fiction. James received a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Sydney
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an MA (writing) from
University of Technology, Sydney
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Armidale
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.
James is the eldest sister of Young Adult author Rebecca James.
She lives in
Newcastle, New South Wales
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.
Awards
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Ned Kelly Awards
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for Crime Writing, Best first crime novel, 2006: ''Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder''
* Dobbie Encouragement Award, 2006: shortlisted for ''Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder''
*Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2017: shortlisted for ''The Golden Child''
Bibliography
Novels
* '' Out of the Silence : A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder'' (2005)
* ''The Steele Diaries'' (Vintage, 2008; Momentum, 2013)
*''Where Have You Been?'' ( UWAP, 2010)
*''The Mistake'' (Penguin, 2012)
* ''The Lost Girls'' (Penguin, 2014)
* The Golden Child (HarperCollins, 2017)
* The Accusation (HarperCollins, 2019)
* A Little Bird (Lake Union, 2021)