Education
Hyland"s two crime novels feature young indigenous woman Emily Tempest, the daughter of an Aboriginal mother and white father who has studied at Melbourne University.
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Adrian Hyland
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Hyland lived for many years in outback communities of Australia after graduating from Melbourne University in literature, classics and Chinese language. In the first novel, Diamond Dove, she is an amateur detective, but by the second, Gunshot Road, she is employed as an Aboriginal community police officer Hyland was living at Street Andrews, Victoria when the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009 swept through the area.
He wrote an account of the experiences of local police officer Sergeant Roger Wood, who was in charge at Kinglake on February 7, 2009, in his book Kinglake 350.
Achievements
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2007 winner Ned Kelly for Crime Writing — Best First Novel for Diamond Dove 2010 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award for Gunshot Road 2011 highly commended Western Australian Premier"s Book — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted Prime Minister"s Literary — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year — Non-Fiction Prize for Kinglake 350.
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Australia
Awards
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2007 winner Ned Kelly for Crime Writing — Best First Novel for Diamond Dove 2010 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award for Gunshot Road 2011 highly commended Western Australian Premier's Book — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year — Non-Fiction Prize for Kinglake 3502007 winner Ned Kelly for Crime Writing — Best First Novel for Diamond Dove 2010 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award for Gunshot Road 2011 highly commended Western Australian Premier's Book — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary — Non-Fiction for Kinglake 350 2012 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year — Non-Fiction Prize for Kinglake 350