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Ask a Crime Author: Rachel Amphlett In Conversation with Matthew Condon

  • Queensland Writers Centre Stanley Place South Brisbane, QLD, 4101 Australia (map)

Get your burning crime questions answered! Hear from Rachel Amphlett and Matthew Condon in this panel discussion followed by Q&A.

Join acclaimed author and journalist Matthew Condon for a 45-minute In Conversation with bestselling Australian Crime author Rachel Amphlett, followed by a 45-minute facilitated Q&A. Learn tips and tricks to take your crime writing to the next level.

 

Format

This is an in-person panel discussion and Q&A with a focus on writing craft; it will be held in-person at State Library of Queensland. This session is suitable for crime writers of all levels and writing backgrounds.

 

About Rachel

Before turning to writing, USA Today bestselling crime author Rachel Amphlett played guitar in bands, worked as a TV and film extra, dabbled in radio as a presenter and freelance producer for the BBC, and worked in publishing as an editorial assistant.

She now wields a pen instead of a plectrum and writes crime fiction with over 30 novels and short stories featuring spies, detectives, vigilantes, and assassins. Rachel’s stories are available in eBook, print and audiobook formats from libraries and retailers as well as her own shop on this website.

About Matthew

Matthew Condon is an award-winning journalist and the author of more than 18 works of both fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling true crime trilogy – Three Crooked Kings, Jacks and Jokers and All Fall Down. His other books include The Trout Opera and The Motorcycle Café. In 2019 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community. He is currently a senior writer and podcaster for The Australian.


For more information about Queensland Writers Centre’s Program of Events and answers to FAQs, please visit: www.queenslandwriters.org.au/program-info

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