Murray Waldren is an Australian journalist, editor and writer. He has written for ''
The Australian
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'', an Australian newspaper for over two decades. He has written "...literary profiles, interviews, reviews, reports and columns" for ''The Australian'', ''The Weekend Australian'' and ''The Weekend Australian Magazine''. Waldren runs the Literary Liaisons website. He has served as a judge for several writing awards, including ''The Australian''/Vogels Awards, the NSW Premiers Award, the ABC Fiction Award and the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Publications
In 1972, Waldren wrote ''Ratatouille'' with David Peacock and Trevor Marshall; it was published by Tomato Press. In 1997, the book ''To Build A Bridge'', which he co-wrote with David Moore, was published. In 1999 he edited the book ''Future Tense'', which was published by Allen & Unwin. He wrote the
true crime
True crime is a nonfiction literary, podcast, and film genre in which the author examines an actual crime and details the actions of real people associated with and affected by criminal events.
The crimes most commonly include murder; about 40 pe ...
book ''Moran V Moran'', which was shortlisted for Best True Crime award and for the Crime Writers' Association of Australia Ned Kelly Awards in 2002. His book ''Confessions of a Dog's Godfather in Acts of Dog'' was published by
Random House
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in 2003. Waldren wrote ''The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa''. It made the shortlist for the Australian Book Industry Awards Illustrated Book of the Year award in 2010 and for The Galley Club Awards for Excellence award in that same year. His book ''Dining Out with Mr Lunch'' collects together Waldren's literary profile; it was published by University of Queensland Press.
See also
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Grunge lit
References
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Living people
Australian journalists
Australian male novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)