Bunty Avieson
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Carolyn "Bunty" Avieson is an Australia
n journalist
, novelist and travel writer. Prior to becoming a full-time writer she was editor of the mass-circulation magazines Woman's Day and New Idea.
Avieson's partner is the film producer Mal Watson. They have a daughter, Kathryn, who was the baby in the travel book Baby in a Backpack through Bhutan.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n journalist
Journalist
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, novelist and travel writer. Prior to becoming a full-time writer she was editor of the mass-circulation magazines Woman's Day and New Idea.
Avieson's partner is the film producer Mal Watson. They have a daughter, Kathryn, who was the baby in the travel book Baby in a Backpack through Bhutan.
Awards
- 2002- Ned Kelly Crime Writing AwardsNed Kelly AwardsThe Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres...
- winner of the Best First Novel and Reader’s Vote, for Apartment 255 - 2003 - shortlisted for Ned Kelly Crime Writing Awards - Best Novel for The Affair
- 2004 - shortlisted for Ned Kelly Crime Writing Awards - Best Novel for The Wrong Door
Novels
- Apartment 255Apartment 255Apartment 255 is a 2001 Ned Kelly Award winning novel by the Australian author Bunty Avieson.-Reviews:* "Australian Crime Fiction database"...
(2002) - The Affair (2003)Review
- The Wrong Door (2004) Review
Travel writing
- Baby in a Backpack Through Bhutan (2004)Review