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Emma Styles and Chris Hammer in conversation with Craig Sisterson at Waterstones Wimbledon
July 24 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join Waterstones Wimbledon for a thrilling evening of criminally good conversation with award-winning Australian authors Emma Styles and Chris Hammer as they discuss deadly deeds Down Under and the growing global impact of Australian crime and thriller fiction.
The authors will be in conversation with writer and leading crime fiction critic, Craig Sisterson, with copies of the authors’ books on sale on the night.
No Country for Girls (Styles)
Thelma & Louise for a new generation, No Country for Girls is a gritty, twisty road-trip thriller that follows two young women on the run across the harsh, unforgiving landscape of Australia.
Dead Man’s Creek (Hammer)
As newly appointed homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her hometown, a cold case reveals a never-ending trail of chilling secrets in this ingeniously crafted page-turner from the bestselling master of Outback Noir.
About the Authors…
Emma Styles writes contemporary Australian noir about young women taking on the patriarchy. She grew up on Whadjuk Noongar Country in Western Australia and now lives in London where she was born. Her debut novel, No Country for Girls, won the Little, Brown UEA Crime Fiction Award in 2020, and after publication was shortlisted for the 2023 CWA Dagger’s and the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.
Chris Hammer is a leading Australian crime fiction novelist, author of the internationally bestselling Martin Scarsden series: Scrublands, Sliver and Trust. Chris has been shortlisted for numerous literary awards throughout Australia, the UK and the United States. Winning the CWA Blood Dagger Award in 2019. Before turning to fiction, Chris was a journalist for more than thirty years.
