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Sonya Spreen Bates

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Sonya Spreen Bates is a Canadian writer living in South Australia. Although born in the USA, she grew up in Victoria BC Canada where she studied Linguistics and then Speech-Language Pathology. She has spent many years working with children with communication disorders, and began writing fiction soon after her daughters were born.

Sonya writes for children and adults, and has been published in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Her manuscript When Secrets Come to Light was shortlisted for the inaugural Banjo prize in 2018.

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Sonya Spreen Bates I've just finished the final draft of a contemporary thriller with a historical thread. It's been so much fun and also such a challenge to write. I'm …moreI've just finished the final draft of a contemporary thriller with a historical thread. It's been so much fun and also such a challenge to write. I'm excited to be finally ready to send it out into the world. In the meantime, ideas have been brewing for another mystery. I'm just getting into the research for that one, but the ideas are gelling nicely and I hope to start writing soon.(less)
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