ACT Book of the Year
2 appearances
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Edition 19 (2011) Winner
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Edition 32 (2024) Winner
Chris Hammer
クリス・ハマー
Kurisu Hamā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1960-01-01 （Australia）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, author
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the 2024 Indie Book Award Fiction (The Seven)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ACT Book of the Year | The River | — | ACT Writing and Publishing Centre | won |
| 2019 | John Creasey Award | Scrublands | — | Crime Writers' Association | won |
| 2023 | Danger Award | The Tilt | best crime fiction | — | won |
ACT Book of the Year
2011
Work:
The River
Organization:
ACT Writing and Publishing Centre
Result:
won
John Creasey Award
2019
Work:
Scrublands
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
won
Danger Award
2023
Work:
The Tilt
Category:
best crime fiction
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Scrublands
2018 Crime fictionFirst book in the Martin Scarsden series. A crime story set in rural Australia.
Rural secretsJournalism
Silver
2019 Crime fictionSecond in the Martin Scarsden series.
Trust
2020 Crime fictionThird in the Martin Scarsden series.
The Tilt
2022 Crime fictionSecond in the Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan series.
The Seven
2023 Crime fictionThird in the Ivan Lucic and Nell Buchanan series.
The River
2010 Non-fictionNon-fiction book about the river.
Bibliography
- Scrublands
- Silver
- Trust
- Legacy
- Treasure & Dirt (Opal Country)
- The Tilt (Dead Man's Creek)
- The Seven (Cover the Bones)
- The Valley (The Broken River)
- The River
- The Coast
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Writes by allowing the story to develop organically, without plotting in advance
- Recurring Motifs
- Rural AustraliaCrime and secrets
Legacy
Australian journalist and crime fiction author known for his best-selling Martin Scarsden series of novels.
Trivia
- Some novels have different titles in the UK market.