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Michael Robotham joins the crime-writing elite with double Dagger win – Sydney Morning Herald
The writer has become the first Australian to win the Gold Dagger for best crime novel twice.
It was huge for me to win it twice as only a small group has and that includes Ruth Rendell and my absolute literary hero, John le Carre.
Robotham said the resurgence in Australian crime writing had been going for a number of years.
There are so many brilliant younger Australian crime writers – Emma Viskic, Christian White, Candice Fox. I remember when there was the huge wave of Scandi Noir and we all thought were next. Having four winners since 2007 shows we werent wrong, and Jane Harpers The Dry…
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