Alex Hammond (author)

Alex Hammond (born 25 December 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian crime fiction writer.

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] and finally Ancient Lances for issue 11.[5]

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) have been optioned for a TV Series. [6]

Bibliography

Will Harris novels

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

Interviews

References
  1. 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. ISBN 13698648 Check |isbn= value: length (help).
  5. Inferno! Issue 11. Black Library. 1999. pp. 52–64. ISBN 1869893611.
  6. "Author Profile Authors Unlimited - Alex Hammond". Archived from the original on 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
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