Alex Hammond (born 25 December 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian crime fiction writer. He is also published under the name A. W. Hammond.[1]

Life

In 1981 he emigrated to Australia with his family. He graduated in Law/Arts from Melbourne University in 2001 and worked for several law firms before becoming an editor and web manager for the University of Melbourne and later RMIT University.[1]

Author

In 1997, 1998, and 1999 he wrote several short stories for Inferno! Tales of Fantasy & Adventure, a publication of Black Library and Games Workshop. The short stories were, The Demon Bottle for issue 1,[2] The Emperor's Grace for issue 3,[3] A World Above for issue 6,[4] Ancient Lances for issue 11,[5] and Rat in the Walls for issue 14.[6]

His first novel, Blood Witness (Penguin 2013), is a contemporary crime thriller set in Melbourne featuring defence lawyer Will Harris. It was short-listed for a Ned Kelly Award for Australian Crime Writing in 2014. It and its sequel, The Unbroken Line (Penguin 2015) were optioned for a TV Series. [7]

Of his third novel, The Paris Collaborator (Echo 2021), The Sydney Morning Herald said he "artfully constructs this historical thriller within a paranoid and desperate city, creating plenty of twist and tension."[8] The novel is set in German-occupied Paris and follows former schoolteacher Auguste Duchene as he searches for missing people in the days before the battle for the city's liberation.

Bibliography

Will Harris novels

  • Blood Witness (2013)
  • The Unbroken Line (2015)

The Paris Collaborator (2021)

Interviews

References

  1. 1 2 About page
  2. ↑ Inferno! Issue 1. Black Library. 1997. pp. 32–40. ISBN 1869893301.
  3. ↑ Inferno! Issue 3. Black Library. 1997. pp. 23–33. ISBN 1869893328.
  4. ↑ Inferno! Issue 6. Black Library. 1998. pp. 4–14. ISSN 1369-8648.
  5. ↑ Inferno! Issue 11. Black Library. 1999. pp. 52–64. ISBN 1869893611.
  6. ↑ Inferno! Issue 14. Black Library. 1999. pp. 24–37. ISSN 1369-8648.
  7. ↑ "Author Profile Authors Unlimited - Alex Hammond". Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fiction reviews: Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray and other titles". Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
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