Day: September 7, 2020

Competitions and Opportunities
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

COMP CLOSED: ‘The Fire Star’ by A.L. Tait

‘I was up past midnight finishing this book! The mystery kept me turning the pages, and I felt like I’d known Maven and Reeve forever.’ – Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Ice Wolves Great news! Our very own AWC presenter and podcast co-host A.L. Tait is back

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Alumni/Student success stories
Australian Writers’ Centre Team

Sonya Bates: Speech pathologist finds license to thrill with debut novel

Sonya Bates was a speech pathologist who dabbled in writing on the side. But when she had the idea for her thriller Inheritance of Secrets, she knew it was time to take her writing seriously. She signed up for the Anatomy of a Crime: How to Write About Murder course at the Australian Writers’ Centre to get the skills and confidence she needed.

Sonya is now proud to call herself an author with her debut adult novel, Inheritance of Secrets, out now through HarperCollins.

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