Women Who Write Crime: author panel

Join us for an evening in conversation with crime writers Margaret Hickey, Amanda Hampson, Aoife Clifford and Kerryn Mayne.
These popular authors know how to engage readers with compelling tales with twists and turns and will discuss their different approaches writing thrilling mystery and crime fiction.

Margaret Hickey is an award-winning author and playwright. Margaret firstly introduced us to Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti in a Cutters End. He has continued to make his presence known in Stone town, Broken bay and her latest novel The Creeper.

Amanda Hampson grew up in rural New Zealand. She has lived in London, Sydney and now Melbourne. She has been writing professionally for more than 20 years. Her latest cosy crime series the Tea Ladies has been extremely popular with The Deadly Dispute coming out in 2025.

Aoife Clifford was born in London of Irish parents and now lives in Melbourne. She has written many titles including All these perfect strangers, Second sight and When we fall and many others. Her latest book is It takes a town which was published this year. She is an award winning author.

Kerryn Mayne is an author, former wedding photographer and current police officer. She is also busy raising four children in the Bayside suburbs of Melbourne. She is the author of two novels Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder and Joy Moody is Out of Time.