Michael Robotham (19 works by)
Born: Established: Nov 1960 Casino ;
Gender: Male

BiographyHistory

Michael Robotham grew up in Casino and in Gundagai, New South Wales. In 1986 left Australia to live in England where he became a Fleet Street journalist and also the pseudonymous author of ten bestselling non-fiction titles involving prominent overseas figures in the military, the arts, sport and science.

Robotham returned to Sydney with his family in 1996.

Awards for Works

The Wreckage , 2011 novel single work 'In London, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz rescues a young woman from a violent boyfriend but wakes next morning to find that he's been set up and robbed. As he tracks down the thieves, he discovers the boyfriend's tortured body and learns that powerful men are looking for the girl. What did Holly Knight steal that is so important to them?

'Meanwhile in Baghdad, the bank robbery capital of the world, billions of dollars in reconstruction funds has gone missing and Pulitzer prize-winning Journalist Luca Terracini is trying to "follow the money". The dangerous trail will lead him to London where he teams up with Vincent Ruiz and together they investigate the disappearance of an international banker and a mysterious "black hole" in the bank's accounts.' (From the publisher's website.)
2012 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Year
Bleed for Me , 2010 novel single work
2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
Shatter , 2008 novel single work
2008 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel
2008 shortlisted Crime Writers' Association (UK) — The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Best Thriller
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