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Dave Warner

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Henning Mankell, Elmore Leonard, James Ellroy

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Dave Warner is the author of fourteen crime novels, including the winner of the 1996 WA Premier’s Award for Fiction (City of Light) and the 2016 Ned Kelly winner of Best Australian Crime Fiction (Before it Breaks). He has also written a children's book series and seven non-fiction titles, and screenwritten for film and TV.

Dave Warner originally gained national recognition as a musician-songwriter in the late 1970s with Bob Dylan referring to Dave and Richard Clapton as his “favourite Australian artists”.
As early as 1973 Dave had formed Australia’s first punk band, Pus, playing early versions of tracks such as Suburban Boy and Hot Crotch which he was later to record with Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs. In 1975, Dave went to London and wrot
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Dave's Upcoming Live Appearances

For those who'd like to catch up with me live in the next little bit here is where you can:

March 12 Ulladulla Library 2PM I'll be talking about my crime books and performing my songs too with Tony Durant and Nicole. We'd love to see you. Bring anything you want signed or buy the new book there.

March 18 Astor Theatre Perth. As part of the special X-Press Magazine 40th birthday party I'll be playing

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“My old Corona sat in front of the majestic iron gates of 4 Gwendolin Close, Dalkeith, like herpes on a beauty queen’s mouth”
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“He had begun to accept the background noise of the falls was no natural phenomenon but rather the thundering tears of gods.”
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“The woman at reception was anywhere between thirty-eight and fifty-eight. Country skin puckering, mouth drooping like she’d been passed over for Bowls Club Treasurer.”
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“The woman at reception was anywhere between thirty-eight and fifty-eight. Country skin puckering, mouth drooping like she’d been passed over for Bowls Club Treasurer.”
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“My old Corona sat in front of the majestic iron gates of 4 Gwendolin Close, Dalkeith, like herpes on a beauty queen’s mouth”
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“Where do you live, where do we live where is our home? Under this tree, over the mountains, and beyond, the sky, a time-rider. Dancing colours! Life was more surrealistic, this short life than death, death was natural, not the other way round.--Mehreen Ahmed, Incandescence.”
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