Alex Hammond (author)
Alex Hammond (born 25 December 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian crime fiction writer.
Life[]
In 1981 he emigrated to Australia with his family. He graduated in Law/Arts from Melbourne University in 2001 and worked for several law firms before becoming an editor and web manager for the University of Melbourne and later RMIT University. [1]
Author[]
In 1997, 1998, and 1999 he wrote several short stories for Inferno! Tales of Fantasy & Adventure, a publication of Black Library and Games Workshop. The short stories were, The Demon Bottle for issue 1,[2] The Emperor's Grace for issue 3,[3] A World Above for issue 6,[4] and finally Ancient Lances for issue 11.[5]
His first novel, Blood Witness (Penguin 2013), is a contemporary crime thriller set in Melbourne featuring defence lawyer Will Harris. It was short-listed for a Ned Kelly Award for Australian Crime Writing in 2014. It and its sequel, The Unbroken Line (Penguin 2015) have been optioned for a TV Series. [6]
Bibliography[]
Will Harris novels
- Blood Witness (2013)
- The Unbroken Line (2015)
Interviews[]
- The Sydney Morning Herald Alex Hammond's The Unbroken Line a legal thriller set in Melbourne, July 2015
- The West Australian Thriller genre the perfect choice, July 2013
- ABC Brisbane Drive with Mary-Lou Stephens, August 2013
External links[]
References[]
- ^ About page
- ^ Inferno! Issue 1. Black Library. 1997. pp. 32–40. ISBN 1869893301.
- ^ Inferno! Issue 3. Black Library. 1997. pp. 23–33. ISBN 1869893328.
- ^ Inferno! Issue 6. Black Library. 1998. pp. 4–14. ISSN 1369-8648.
- ^ Inferno! Issue 11. Black Library. 1999. pp. 52–64. ISBN 1869893611.
- ^ "Author Profile Authors Unlimited - Alex Hammond". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- Living people
- 1975 births
- 21st-century Australian novelists
- Australian male novelists
- Australian crime writers
- 21st-century Australian male writers