Two Random House Authors Long-listed in Walkley Award

Mike Carlton’s CRUISER and Debi Marshall’s LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER are among 9 books to be longlisted in this year’s Walkley Book Awards.

The Walkleys are Australia’s most prestigious media accolades across print, radio, television and photography, as well as publishing.

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The judges held high praises for both Carlton and Marshall’s works, noting, ‘Mike Carlton’s CRUISER sets a fine example for the narrative historical non-fiction genre. . . Carlton has deftly and passionately told a compelling story through the characters – all of them real people who live and breathe on the page.’

‘Debi Marshall’s affecting account of child-killer Derek Ernest Percy, LAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER, is a compulsively readable rendering of the crimes of a man who personifies pure evil.’

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There were more than 60 books entered for this year’s award, among which the long-list of 9 emerged. The list will later be reduced to a shorlist of three books to be announced on November 19.