John Dale (writer)

John Dale (born 15 January, 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian author of crime fiction and true crime books. He completed a Doctorate of Crearive Arts at the University of Technology, Sydney, in 1999, and subsequently joined the staff of the Centre for New Writing at the same institution.

"He has been a judge of several major Australian literary awards [including the 2007 and 2008 National Biography Award] and his essays, reviews and non-fiction have appeared in a wide variety of journals and newspapers." [http://datasearch.uts.edu.au/hss/staff/wcs/details.cfm?StaffId=1590 University of Technology, Sydney] ]

Awards

*Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best True Crime, 2005: shortlisted for "Wild Life"
*Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best First Novel Award, 1996: winner for "Dark Angel"
*The Angus & Robertson Writer's Fellowship, 1986: winner for "The Blank Page"

Bibliography

Novels

*"The Blank Page" (1987)
*"Dark Angel" (1995)
*"The Dogs are Barking" (1998)

Children's

*"Army of the Pure" (2007)

Non-Fiction

*"Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life" (2000)
*"Wild Life" (2004)

Edited

*"Out West: Australian Dirt" (1996)
*"Car Lovers: Twelve Australian Writers on Four Wheels" (2008)

References