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Kel Robertson

ケル・ロバートソン

Keru Robātoson

Pen Names: A C Bland（Used for bureaucratic black comedies）, Belle Currer（Used for futuristic crime novel）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1950s （south coast of New South Wales, Australia）
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Residence History
Sydney and various New South Wales country towns → Bathurst before entering high school → Canberra (current)

Career

Occupations
novelist
Active Years
2006-2024

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards
2006
Work: Dead Set
Category: Best First Novel
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: shortlisted
Ned Kelly Awards
2009
Work: Smoke and Mirrors
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner (shared)
ACT Writers Centre's Literary Awards
2009
Work: Smoke and Mirrors
Category: Fiction
Organization: ACT Writers Centre
Result: winner
Canberra Critics Circle Awards
2009
Work: Smoke and Mirrors
Category: Writing
Organization: Canberra Critics Circle
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Smoke and Mirrors

2008 Crime novel

Dead Set

2006 Crime novel

Rip Off

2011 Crime novel

Best Served Cold

2023 Crime novel

Bibliography

  • Dead Set (2006/2024)
  • Smoke and Mirrors (2008)
  • Rip Off (2011)
  • The Final Trials of Alan Mewling (2016)
  • The Earlier Trials of Alan Mewling (2019)
  • Dare to Think (2019)
  • Best Served Cold (2023)

Legacy

Australian novelist known for winning the Ned Kelly Award, famous for Brad Chen series.

Trivia

  • Born in the 1950s.
  • Born on the south coast of New South Wales.
  • Resides in Canberra.