Shamus Award
1 appearances
Marele Day
マレル・デイ
Marele Day
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1947-05-04 （Sydney）
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sydney → Pagewood → New South Wales North Coast
Career
- Occupations
- author, mystery novelist, teacher, patent searcher, researcher
- Active Years
- 1984-2023
- Affiliations
- Byron Writers Festival board
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Girls High School | — | General | — | — | Australia |
| Sydney Teachers' College | — | — | — | — | Australia |
| University of Sydney | — | — | Bachelor's degree | — | Australia |
Sydney Girls High School
General
Country:
Australia
Sydney Teachers' College
Country:
Australia
University of Sydney
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation:
1973
Country:
Australia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Shamus Award | The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender | — | Private Eye Writers of America | winner |
| 1996 | Ned Kelly Award | How to Write Crime | — | Australian Crime Writers Association | winner |
Shamus Award
1988
Work:
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender
Organization:
Private Eye Writers of America
Result:
winner
Ned Kelly Award
1996
Work:
How to Write Crime
Organization:
Australian Crime Writers Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Ned Kelly Awards
2 appearances
-
Edition 2 (1997) Winner
-
Edition 13 (2008) Special Award
Works
Major Works
The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender
1988 MysteryFirst Claudia Valentine novel featuring a feminist Sydney-based private investigator.
feminismurban crime
Lambs of God
1997 Literary fictionDeparture from crime genre; nuns battle developers to save their island. Bestseller.
religionenvironmental protectionfemale solidarity
Adaptations
- [TV series] Lambs of God (2019)
Bibliography
- Shirley's Song
- The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender
- The Case of the Chinese Boxes
- The Last Tango of Dolores Delgado
- The Disappearances of Madalena Grimaldi
- Lambs of God
- Mavis Levack, P.I.
- Mrs Cook: The Real and Imagined Life of the Captain's Wife
- The Sea Bed
- Successful Promotion by Writers
- How to Write Crime
- Reckless
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- feminist perspectiveSydney noir
- Recurring Motifs
- strong female protagonistscrime and social issues
Legacy
Australian mystery author known for Shamus and Ned Kelly Awards, Claudia Valentine series.