{"id":1142,"date":"2011-10-10T09:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T09:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taramoss.com\/sisters-in-crime-gather-at-shekilda\/"},"modified":"2012-11-10T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T02:53:48","slug":"sisters-in-crime-gather-at-shekilda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taramoss.com\/sisters-in-crime-gather-at-shekilda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters In Crime gather at SheKilda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sisters in Crime<\/a> Australia formed 20 years ago, and this past weekend they held SheKilda Women Crime Writers’ Convention<\/a> in Melbourne, opening with speakers including CEO of Writing Australia Mary Delahunty, professor Sue Turnbull and South African author Margie Orford, with special messages from Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Lord Mayor John Doyle and US crime writer Sara Paretsky (who formed Sisters In Crime in the US 25 years ago). Hundreds of guests came together for a full two days of workshops, panel discussions and gatherings of crime writers, readers and reviewers, forensic experts, specialists and police.<\/p>\n

On Saturday I launched The Second Cut<\/em><\/a>, an anthology of 22 short stories from the annual Scarlet Stiletto awards<\/a>. My story Psycho Magnet won the Young Writers award in 1998<\/a> and was included in the first anthology, titled The First Cut<\/em>. The annual Davitt awards that evening, with special guest Shamini Flint, saw Katherine Howell win for her novel Cold Justice<\/em> and Leigh Redhead earn a high commendation for her novel Thrill City<\/em>. Check out my interviews with Shamini <\/a>and with Katherine on Tara In Conversation on 13th Street<\/a> Universal.<\/p>\n

Below are links to just a few of my sisters in crime, old and new, whom I spent time with at SheKilda: (in no particular order)<\/p>\n

Marianne Delacourt<\/a>
\nLeigh Redhead<\/a>
\nNarrelle Harris<\/a>
\nKerry Greenwood<\/a>
\nKathryn Fox<\/a>
\nAlex Palmer<\/a>
\nKatherine Howell<\/a>
\nKim Westwood<\/a>
\nPD Martin<\/a>
\nKirsty Brooks<\/a>
\nShamini Flint<\/a>
\nMargie Orford<\/a>
\nLA Larkin<\/a>
\nAngela Savage<\/a>
\nLindy Cameron<\/a>
\nPM Newton<\/a>
\nAlison Goodman<\/a>
\nAmanda Wrangles<\/a>
\nKylie Fox<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s a whole lot of murderous, bestselling women under one roof. I urge you to check out their work. It was a magnificent occasion for crime writers and readers alike.<\/p>\n

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