John Dale (writer)

John Dale
Born Anthony John Dale
15 January 1953
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Language English
Nationality Australian
Genre Crime fiction
Notable works Dark Angel
Notable awards Ned Kelly Award
Years active 1987 -

John Dale (born 15 January 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian author of crime fiction and true crime books. He completed a Doctorate of Creative Arts at the University of Technology, Sydney, in 1999, and subsequently joined the UTS writing Program where he is Professor of Writing and Director of the UTS Centre for New Writing.[1]

He is the author of seven books including the best-selling Huckstepp and two crime novels Dark Angel and The Dogs Are Barking, published with Serpents Tail Press in the UK, and a memoir, Wild Life, an investigation into the fatal shooting of his grandfather in 1940s Tasmania. He has edited two anthologies, Out West and Car Lovers, and co-edited a third anthology, Best on Ground, on Australian Rules football. His novel, Leaving Suzie Pye, was published in 2010 and translated into Turkish. His novella Plenty was published in 2013. He has been a judge of several major Australian literary awards and his essays, reviews and non-fiction have appeared in a wide variety of journals and newspapers. His research and teaching areas include narrative fiction, creative non-fiction, crime narratives and the novella. His latest crime novel is Detective Work (2015) which is based on an unsolved Sydney murder.

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  1. ↑ Austlit - John Dale


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