In conversation with Jackie Ryan
The Other Wife
The Edge, State Library of Queensland
Thriller/Mystery
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 45 minutes
Childhood sweethearts William and Mary have been married for sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. When something goes wrong, the reality of their family life unravels. Gripping crime thriller.
#Artist
Michael Robotham
Before becoming a novelist, Michael Robotham was an investigative journalist working across America, Australia and Britain. As a journalist and writer he has investigated notorious cases such as the serial killer couple Fred and Rosemary West. He has worked with clinical and forensic psychologists as they helped police investigate complex, psychologically driven crimes.
Michael's 2004 debut thriller, The Suspect, sold more than 1 million copies around the world. It is the first of eight novels featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who faces his own increasing battle with a potentially debilitating disease. Michael has also written four standalone thrillers. In 2015 he won the UK's prestigious Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award with his standalone thriller Life or Death.
He lives in Sydney.
#Moderator
Jackie Ryan
Jackie Ryan has an abiding interest in culture that connects her work across forms and genres. She is the author of We'll Show the World: Expo 88 (UQP), which won two 2018 Queensland Literary Awards and was shortlisted for a third. She also makes the Aurealis and Ledger Award-winning Burger Force comic book series and is the founding editor of comedy writing collective the Fanciful Fiction Auxiliary. She holds a PhD in history and political science from The University of Queensland.
