Vikki Petraitis has lived a life of crime but only from the confines of her keyboard. The former teacher has been writing true crime books for more than 30 years and decided to try her hand at crime fiction. Her debut The Unbelieved was a best seller and award winner and her follow up The Stolen will undoubtedly follow suit. Vikki talks about her writing processes and the difference between real crime and fiction and her experience creating characters.

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In this episode Rhonda McCoy talks about Crow (Ventura Press) and what a great story lies beneath this debut novel for the former nurse turned author. Rhonda chats about character development and her techniques for fleshing them out as she writes.

My other guest is Jessica Owers, author of Magic Millions (Penguin), an incredible book detailing the origins, rise, fall and rise again of Australia's most colourful yearling sale and now iconic racing event.

Two very talented authors with much to discuss about their latest work.

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The Wolf Who Cried Boy (Afffirm Press) not only has an eyecatching title but a most imaginative and original story to go with it. Author Mark Muposta-Russell talks about his much anticipated second novel which sees him write through the eyes of six year old boy whose life is one of fairytale fantasy intertwined with the reality of a broken family and domestic violence. It is a challenging journey and Mark explains how he went about navigating it.

To finish this episode, a blast of summer sports magic from Liam Hauser with his latest creation Cricket World Cup - A Celebration of the ODI and T20 Games (Gelding Street Press). A beautifully presented illustrated history of International Cricket World Cups since 1975. Liam recalls the past champions of the shorter forms of our national summer pastime.

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Tanya Scott talks about the leap from her day job as a GP and Medical Educator to becoming an author. Her novel Stillwater (Allen & Unwin) is a hell of a debut and hopefully heralds the start of many more literary adventures in the future.

The Hollow Girl ((Penguin) is Lyn Yeowart's much anticipated second novel and as Lyn explains in the podcast it did come with some second book blues. Lyn discuses those challenges and the inspiration behind this very emotive and absorbing story.

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Duncan Ewing Graham is an interesting human being. He is a barrister and a doctor and, in his spare time, an author. Duncan's second book Where the Dust Settles takes us inside a world Duncan knows back to front - the David and Goliath battle between Joe Average and Big Asbestos. Duncan's story brings the human victims face to face with the corporate culprits in a legal battleground of epic proportions and ramifications.

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Books allow us to engage in eras and events that our mortal beings cannot and in this episode of Authorised, two very talented authors take us back in time to a very different Australia to the one we currently live in.

Flight by Anne Vines (Glass House Books) brings 1942 Melbourne alive with the threat of a Japanese invasion in the air and platoons of American servicemen on the ground. What started as a short story has blossomed into a tale that reflects the fabric of a city and its people in a time of uncertainty, a love story that has its own enemies and challenges and a society fractured by forces not of the military kind.

A L Booth takes us even further back with her book Death at Booroomba (Ventura Press). Just days before leaving to fight for his country on the battlefields of World War 1, Jack O'Rourke dives into Sydney Harbour to save a drowning man. It is the beginning of a saga that takes the reader on a historical roller coaster ride of emotions. Though set in a small Australian country town, this is a big story in so many ways.

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Give Dad a book this Father's Day, and I have three nominations for you to consider from the two authors who join me in this episode. Geoff Hutchison has finished his long and illustrious career as a broadcaster and turns his talents to writing a most entertaining and enlightening book, beautifully and aptly titled 'How Not To Be a Grumpy Old Bugger' (Affirm Press). You will love Geoff's candour and insights into bringing this book to life.

Sports fans have something special whenever author Glen Humphries releases a new title and in this case it is double the pleasure. Glen's 'Great Sporting Sites' pays homage to our colourful, famous and not so famous venues across the country while 'Kevin Sheedy's Bomber Jacket' is filled with tales tall and true from Aussie Rules football, our unique indidgenious game that thrills, frustrates, beguiles and entertains a nation. Both books through Gelding Street Press.

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Author Matthew Spencer returns to Authorised with his second novel 'Broke Road' (Allen & Unwin). Sergeant Rose Riley, introduced in Matthew's debut book 'Black River', is back with another homicide to solve but a mystery that takes her to some unexpected places personally and professionally. Matthew talks about the challenges of the second novel, his learnings from his first book, the importance of authenticity in the crime writing genre and his writing process.

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