Career
Richards has written a series of crime novels and thrillers for adult readers which includes The Case of the Vanishing Corpse, Death in Egypt and An Outbreak of Darkness. Richards presented American Broadcasting Company NewsRadio"s weekend afternoons, which included regular Wordwatch segments until 15 August 2010. Wordwatch was a feature introduced by Richards.
Initially developed as a "filler" program for the radio programs to allow time for changes of people or locations, it tapped into an interest by the listening public and several books have been produced based on the show"s research.
In November 2003 the thousandth episode of the show was produced. Kel Richards currently presents Sydney radio station 2CH"s Sunday night program "Sunday Night with Kel Richards".
– Deadfall (1998)
– A Blow to the Heart (1999)
– House of Spirits (2000)
– A Stab in the Dark (2000).