Kalinda Ashton is an

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. She is the author of the 2009 novel ''The Danger Game'' and was joint winner of the 2012 ''Sydney Morning Herald'' best young novelist award and a Betty Trask award in the UK. In 2010 Ashton received an Australia Council Literature Board Grant for Developing Writers. She is an associate editor of the literary journal, '' Overland''.Kalinda Ashton
''Readings.com'', 5 August 2009. Accessed: 2 December 2009.

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