Kel Robertson is an Australian novelist who was born in the 1950s on the south coast of New South Wales. His novel Smoke & Mirrors shared the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel, with Deep Water by Peter Corris.
Kel Robertson | |
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Born | Kel Robertson 1950s New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | novelist |
Known for | Smoke and Mirrors |
Website | http://kelrobertson.net.au/main/page_home.html |
Robertson lived in Sydney and various New South Wales country towns before entering high school in Bathurst. He has studied at a number of tertiary institutions and lives in Canberra.
He is the author of four novels featuring the Chinese-Australian Federal Police investigator, Brad Chen, two bureaucratic black comedies under the pen name A C Bland, and a futuristic crime novel under the pen name Belle Currer.
Novels
edit- Dead Set (2006)(2024): Brad Chen 1
- Smoke and Mirrors (2008): Brad Chen 2
- Rip Off (2011): Brad Chen 3
- The Final Trials of Alan Mewling (2016): the first Alan Mewling novel
- The Earlier Trials of Alan Mewling (2019): the second Alan Mewling novel
- Dare to Think (2019): a dystopian crime novel featuring the Cornwall Police Inspector, Melissa Raeburn
- "Best Served Cold" (2023): Brad Chen 4
Awards
edit- 2006 shortlisted Ned Kelly Awards — Best First Novel for Dead Set
- 2009 winner Ned Kelly Awards — Best Novel for Smoke and Mirrors
- 2009 winner ACT Writers Centre's Literary Awards — Fiction for Smoke and Mirrors
- 2009 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards — Writing for Smoke and Mirrors
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