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Lisa Walker

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Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult

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Lisa writes fiction for adults and young adults. Her eighth novel, and her first psychological suspense, 'The Pact' will come out in January 2026. Other novels are - 'Trouble is My Business', 'The Girl with the Gold Bikini', 'Paris Syndrome', 'Melt', 'Sex, Lies and Bonsai', ‘Liar Bird’, and ‘Arkie’s Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing'.

Lisa's half-hour radio play 'Baddest Backpackers' aired on ABC Radio National in 2008. She was a finalist in the ABC Short Story Award and winner of the Byron Bay Writers Festival short story award. Her writing has been published in The Age, The Guardian, The Big Issue, The Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review and the Review of Australian Fiction.

Lisa grew up in Fiji and spent her teenage years in Brisbane. S ...more

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Lisa’s reading recommendations…

Today, I want to give a shout out to some standout Australian authors I have loved reading lately. It’s an eclectic mix, but all of these books were memorable and rewarding in different ways.

‘The Palazzo’ by Kayte Nunn – Friends, food, jealousy and obsession collide in an atmospheric Italian palazzo.

‘Rytual’ by Chloe Elizabeth Wilson – A young woman is recruited into a dark feminist, beauty cult

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Average rating: 3.54 · 696 ratings · 181 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sex Lies and Bonsai 3.47 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paris Syndrome 3.42 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arkie's Pilgrimage to the Next Big Thing 3.51 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl with the Gold Bikini (An Olivia Grace Mystery, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liar Bird 3.49 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble is my Business (An Olivia Grace Mystery, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Melt 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sugarbaby / Blossom (RAF Volume 2: Issue 5) by Lisa Walker (Goodreads Author), Venero Armanno (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pact 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Review of Australian Fiction (Volume 16, Issue 5) by Lisa Walker (Goodreads Author), Emma Ashmere 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Like all of Kim’s books, this novella is a skilfully told and warm story. Set in 1920s Sydney, it captures the sense of loss from the war through the delightful characters of Dotty and Clarinda, two very different young women, both learning to live a ...more
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Lisa’s Quotes

“Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?”
― Don Marquis, Hermione and Her Little Group of Serious Thinkers

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“Great is the power of steady misrepresentation”
― Charles Darwin

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“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof. What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness. Enough to eat, enough to go around. The possibility that kids might one day grow up to be neither the destroyers nor the destroyed. That’s about it. Right now I'm living in that hope, running down its hallway and touching the walls on both sides.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

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