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Australia’s Top Crime Writers

What is your favourite thriller movie of all time?

The Usual Suspects took my breath away with its brilliant final twist. All the clues are there from the beginning but you don’t see the solution until the last possible moment and you watch Keyser Soze walk away from the police station. I remember trying very hard to recreate this in my first novel The Suspect.

What is it about writing psychological thrillers that you love?

I love creating characters that readers fall in love with and then adding some conflict that places them in great danger. The trick is to then

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