I’ve started work on book 3, hereto titled Too Sharp! This little old story is gonna be set in BrisVegas, as Tara has to get out of Perth for a while to let the heat cool. Can’t wait to share the river city with the world!
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What an amazing and busy week, culminating in my interview with the lovely mother-to-be Tara Moss at 13th Street this wednesday. I’ll be lugging my Davitt award in my hand luggage. Don’t mess with me or I’ll dong you with it. And you can read a nice wrap up of the Davitt’s here. Then support the new project The Periodic Table of Awesome by my colleagues and good friends. Read about the project here.There are various levels of donation including this one:
What can I say that can express my surprise and excitement? I’m the proud possessor of a 2010 Davitt award for Best Crime Novel by an Australian woman. What an honour. Presented last night at the Celtic Club in Melbourne by Val McDermid.  Val McDermid & MD From The Melbourne Age: Sharpshooter, a debut novel by Queensland author Marianne Delacourt, won the 10th annual Davitt Award for best Australian women’s crime writing, presented last night at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Noir crime queen Val McDermid handed over the award at the Celtic Club, with Justine Larbalestier winning the children’s and young adult fiction category with Liar, while Kerry Greenwood won the readers’ choice prize for Forbidden Fruit. From readings.com.au The winners of the 10th Davitt Awards that recognise crime writing by Australian women have tonight been announced at a special dinner hosted by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.
Congratulations to all the winners. More information on the Davitt Awards can be found here. Having a mini squee to see Sharp Turn listed in the new Allen and Unwin catalogue (see page 2). It’s available with a Take Our Word For It poster!
SHARP TURNMarianne DelacourtTara Sharp, is back in a fun, kick-arse form with an adventure that Janet Evanovich fans will love!
 Tara Sharp is at it again. After all the excitement of Sharp Shooter, Sharp Turn sees Tara Sharp’s unorthodox
investigative business starting to attract customers—though not necessarily of the right kind … So it’s a relief when
the man of Tara’s dreams, Nick Tozzi, lines her up with a real job. Something is rotten in the local motorbike racing
industry and an associate of Nick’s has asked him to see if Tara is willing to try and sniff out the bad egg … Tara’s new
assignment guarantees she’s tangled in all kinds of trouble!
Marianne Delacourt is the pseudonym of a successful fantasy author. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland.
Arena 9781742370033 $36.99 tpb CRIME FICTION
Take Our Word For It poster availableMy wonderful editor sent me a proof copy of the new Michael Connelly novel The Reversal which features both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch. And a new Michael Koryta. So excited, can’t wait to read both!
I’ll be doing a mini tour of Angus and Robertson stores around Brisbane in November and December for the release of Sharp Turn. I’ll post dates and times in the sidebar in the Signings box, so keep an eye on it. Am also looking forward to heading to Melbourne soon for the Davitts and the Ned Kelly’s. Both award ceremony’s coincide with the SF World Con, so I decided I might as well go along and meet some people. News of Lindy Cameron’s new Clandestine Press dropped into my inbox this evening anouncing their first publications: Out of the Black Land by Kerry Greenwood Redback by Lindy Cameron Dougal’s Diary by David Greagg http://www.clandestinepress.com.au
In November you’ll be able to buy Sharp Shooter in hot pink! The B format edition will be jazzing up bookshelves near you.
Aussie crime ambassador Tara Moss has announced her new macabre paranormal crime and fashion series. Can’t wait for this one!
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