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Sean O'Leary

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Sean O’Leary is a writer of crime and literary fiction from Melbourne, Australia. He has published five short story collections, two novellas, and four novels, as well as over forty-five individual short stories in journals. He walks through cities, along coasts, and on bush tracks. He takes photographs like a madman, does some drawing, and thinks test cricket is the greatest game of all. ...more

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