Davitt Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 12 (2012) Winner
Sulari Gentill
スラリ・ジェンティル
Surari Jentiru
Pen Names:
S. D. Gentill（Used for the fantasy series The Hero Trilogy）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Sri Lanka
- Nationality
- Australian
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Sri Lanka → Zambia → Brisbane, Australia → Snowy Mountains, New South Wales
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, corporate lawyer
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Nominations
- A Few Right Thinking Men nominated for Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best First Book (2011), Paving the New Road shortlisted for Davitt Award, A Murder Unmentioned and A Testament of Character finalists for Ned Kelly Awards
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | astrophysics | law | 法学学位 | — | Australia |
—
astrophysics
/ law
Degree:
法学学位
Country:
Australia
Started studying astrophysics but switched to and graduated in law.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ned Kelly Award | Crossing the Lines | Best Fiction | Australian Crime Writers Association | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Davitt Award | A Decline in Prophets | Best Adult Crime Fiction | Sisters in Crime Australia | 受賞 |
Ned Kelly Award
2018
Work:
Crossing the Lines
Category:
Best Fiction
Organization:
Australian Crime Writers Association
Result:
受賞
Davitt Award
2011
Work:
A Decline in Prophets
Category:
Best Adult Crime Fiction
Organization:
Sisters in Crime Australia
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ned Kelly Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 23 (2018) Excellence Award
Works
Major Works
Crossing the Lines
2017 crime fictionStand-alone novel that won Ned Kelly Award. Published as After She Wrote Him in North America.
creativitywriting
Bibliography
- A Few Right Thinking Men (2010)
- A Decline in Prophets (2011)
- Miles Off Course (2012)
- Paving the New Road (2012)
- Gentlemen Formerly Dressed (2013)
- A Murder Unmentioned (2014)
- Give the Devil His Due (2015)
- A Dangerous Language (2017)
- Crossing the Lines (2017)
- All the Tears in China (2019)
- A Testament of Character (2020)
- The Woman in the Library (2022)
- The Mystery Writer (2024)
- Chasing Odysseus (2011) [S.D. Gentill]
- Trying War (2012) [S.D. Gentill]
- The Blood of Wolves (2012) [S.D. Gentill]
Legacy
Sri Lankan-born Australian author known for the historical crime fiction Rowland Sinclair series. Winner of Ned Kelly Award and Davitt Award.
Trivia
- Grows French black truffles on her farm in the Snowy Mountains of NSW.
- Husband Michael, children Edmund and Atticus Blenkins.
- Paints when the mood takes her, but says she does it only well enough to know she should write.