On winning the 2015 Davitt Award
What can I say? I was thrilled. The Davitt Awards are named for Australia's first female crime writer, Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote...
Can we identify this little girl?
If you've been reading the news, you'll know that South Australian police are desperately trying to identify the remains of a little girl...
A late pardon
Irish media is reporting that a man hanged for the brutal murder of a young mother of seven is to recieve a pardon - 74 years after his...
Welcome to the United States of America
In case you ever wondered what it looks like ... this is the piece of paper they give you when you present yourself to a border agent at...
California dreaming
So … A little over a year ago, I applied for a Green Card, which is the card you need to live and work in the United States. I can’t...
What I've Learnt
Would you like to see some of the documents I uncovered while researching the life and death of Louisa Collins? Well, here they are. My...
Books of the Year
I'm feeling grateful. Last Woman Hanged has been selected as one of Booktopia's Books of the Year. I'm also feeling stoked - in a strange...
Federal MP stands up for Louisa Collins
Well, this is amazing. One hundred and 25 years after Louisa Collins went to the gallows, a Federal politician has finally had the guts...
Nosey Bob - bungling hangman
Many thanks to Melbourne's The Herald Sun for publishing an extract from Last Woman Hanged. They chose to focus on the hangman, bumbling...
Beware Japan's Black Widows
One partner dead. Then two. Then three. Then four, five, six ... then SEVEN partners dead?! No wonder they call her the Black Widow....