Ep 184: At home with Mark Brandi

Mark Brandi's debut novel, Wimmera, won the coveted British Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger, and was named Best Debut at the 2018 Australian Indie Book Awards. It was also shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Awards Literary Fiction Book of the Year, and the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year. His second novel, The Rip, was published to critical acclaim and his third novel, The Others, was released during Sydney's 2021 lockdown.

Mark graduated with a criminal justice degree and worked extensively in the justice system, before changing direction and deciding to write.

Mark has appeared on The Garret before to discuss his first two books, Wimmera and The Rip.

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