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Malla Nunn

Malla Nunn
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Malla Nunn

Malla Nunn was born in Swaziland, South Africa, and currently lives in Sydney, Australia. She is a filmmaker with three award-winning films to her credit and is currently at work on her next novel.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Ubuntu: We are people through other people.
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My life in 8 words: "A chaotic juggling act. Writing, children, dreaming, cooking."
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The Malla Nunn Reader's Companion will be released on August 20, 2013 in eBook
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The Malla Nunn Collection #1 will be released on June 25, 2013 in eBook
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Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Blessed Are the Dead
Jun 19, 2012
Blessed Are the Dead will be released on June 19, 2012 in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 19, 2012
Blessed Are the Dead is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Jun 19, 2012
Let the Dead Lie will be released on April 20, 2010 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 20, 2010
Let the Dead Lie is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook
Apr 20, 2010
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Let the Dead Lie
Apr 03, 2010
Mar 28, 2010
News:
A Beautiful Place to Die has won an award
Mar 12, 2010
A Beautiful Place to Die is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 20, 2009
A Beautiful Place to Die will be released on October 20, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Oct 20, 2009
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Malla Nunn Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Ubuntu: We are people through other people. Q. What trait is most noticeable about you? A. My very curly hair. Q. What is your greatest achievement? A. My family. Being a writer. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. One! Impossible. Georgina "call me George" from Enid Blyton's Famous Five, Mosley's Easy Rawlins, the father in McCarthy's "The Road." The list goes on! Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you? A. Kindness, humor and a desire to learn Learn more about Malla Nunn

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Canberra Times, February 22, 2013
...the vanguard of Australian female crime writers including P. M. Newton, Kathryn Fox, Sulari Gentill and Swaziland-born Australian Malla Nunn, whose book Blessed Are the Dead has been shortlisted for the Edgars. The indisputable godmother of the genre...
The Australian, January 27, 2013
...Australia was home and southern Africa became a place to visit. This was as my grandmother wished it. Malla Nunn is a filmmaker and novelist. Her latest book, Silent Valley, is published by Pan Macmillan, $24.99 This is an edited extract from the new...
Kirkus Reviews, January 26, 2013
WA Today, January 25, 2013
...House in Melbourne and Sydney respectively as they come under scrutiny by those planning their futures. CONGRATULATIONS to Malla Nunn, whose Silent Valley has been nominated for an Edgar, the annual awards run by Mystery Writers of America. This is her...
Media Bistro, January 16, 2013
...Press) Whiplash River by Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers ? William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster ? Atria Books ? Emily Bestler Books) by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books) Best Fact Crime by Paul...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...
Reuters, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers - William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster - Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books) ...
Media Bistro, January 16, 2013
...Press) Whiplash River by Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers ? William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster ? Atria Books ? Emily Bestler Books) by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books) Best Fact Crime by Paul...
Business First of Buffalo, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...
Business Review Albany, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...
Broadway World, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers - William Morrow Paperbacks)Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador)Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster - Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books )The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk Books) BEST...
Sys-Con Media, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...
Yahoo! News, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...
AlphaTrade Finance, January 16, 2013
...Lou Berney (HarperCollins Publishers – William Morrow Paperbacks) Bloodland by Alan Glynn (Picador) Blessed are the Dead by Malla Nunn (Simon & Schuster – Atria Books - Emily Bestler Books) The Last Policeman: A Novel by Ben H. Winters (Quirk...