Sydney Writers' Festival

STEVE TOLTZ (LOCAL)
Steve Toltz was born in Sydney and has lived in Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Barcelona and Paris, working as a cameraman, telemarketer, security guard, private investigator, English teacher and screenwriter. A Fraction of the Whole is his first novel.

also appearing at...
14: A Fraction of the Whole: Steve Toltz in Conversation
289: Steve Toltz in Conversation

CHRIS WOMERSLEY (LOCAL)
Chris Womersley won the 2007 Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize for his short story The Possibility of Water which will be published in Griffith REVIEW 20: Cities on the Edge.

Chris has had work published in Granta New Writing, Best Australian Short Stories 2006, Australian Short Stories, Griffith REVIEW, Wet Ink, Visible Ink, Antithesis and Vignette Press. His short story The Shed was described by The Times Literary Supplement as one of the stand-out inclusions in Granta and by The Independent as "sly and surreal".

Chris works at Fairfax as a producer/editor and writes occasional reviews for The Monthly. His first novel The Low Road – which was shortlisted for the 2006 Victorian Premiers' Award – was published in 2007.
www.chriswomersley.com

also appearing at...
92: Cities on the Edge
243: The Darker Side of Life
282: The First Time

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM (LOCAL)
Michael Robotham began his career an investigative journalist in Australia and Britain. He later became a ghostwriter, collaborating with the likes of Lulu, Rolf Harris, Geri Halliwell and Ricky Tomlinson, in penning more than a dozen bestselling autobiographies.

Michael’s first novel The Suspect was in international bestseller with more than a million in sales. His second novel Lost won the Ned Kelly Award for Australia’s best crime novel in 2005 and his third novel The Night Ferry was short-listed for the UK Steel Dagger and 2007 Ned Kelly awards.

Michael currently lives in Sydney with his wife and three daughters. His latest novel is Shatter.


www.michaelrobotham.com

also appearing at...
338: Workshop: Crime Writing with Michael Robotham
7: Workshop: Crime Writing with Michael Robotham
171: Thrilling Tales

CAMILLA NELSON (LOCAL)
Camilla Nelson was born in Wollongong and grew up in Sydney. She is the author of Crooked, a novel about organised crime and political corruption set in Sydney during the Askin years, which will be published by Random House in September. Her first novel Perverse Acts, a satire about sex, power and politics, was published in 1999, and she was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald’s Best Young Australian Novelists of the Year.

Camilla worked in politics, before turning to journalism. She has an MA in History and a Doctorate of Creative Arts. She lectures in Writing and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney.

also appearing at...
283: Sydney’s Underbelly