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Rebecca James Rebecca James i(A129099 works by)
Born: Established: 1970 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Rebecca James has worked as a waitress, a bartender, an English teacher in Japan and Indonesia, and a kitchen designer.

After publishing a novel exploring a marriage breakdown with American-based ebook publisher Samhain, James had significant success with her first young-adult novel, thriller Beautiful Malice: the bidding war that the novel sparked at Frankfurt book Fair led to the Wall Street Journal suggesting James could be the next J.K. Rowling.

James has subsequently published additional young-adult novels, including Sweet Damage and Cooper Bartholomew Is Dead: the former was nominated for a Ned Kelly Award and highly commended at the FAW Awards, while the latter was longlisted for a Davitt Award.

She grew up in New South Wales and has two sisters, one of whom is Wendy James.

As of 2018, she was based in Geelong.

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Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Cooper Bartholomew is Dead Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2014 7588982 2014 single work novel young adult

'Cooper Bartholomew's body is found at the foot of a cliff.

'Suicide.

'That's the official finding, that's what everyone believes. Cooper's girlfriend, Libby, has her doubts. They'd been happy, in love. Why would he take his own life?

'As Libby searches for answers, and probes more deeply into what really happened the day Cooper died, she and her friends unravel a web of secrets and betrayals. Are those friends - and enemies - what they seem? Who is hiding a dangerous secret? And will the truth set them all free?' (Publication summary)
2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
y separately published work icon Beautiful Malice Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1645467 2010 single work novel young adult To escape the media attention generated by her sister's murder, the grieving seventeen-year-old Katherine moved away from her shattered, once-perfect family to start a new life in Sydney. There she keeps her head down until she is befriended by the charismatic Alice, and her life takes her in new directions. But there is a dark side to Alice, and as we learn the truth of Katherine's sister's death and Alice's background their story spirals to an explosive finale. (Source: Trove)
2010 highly commended The Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria Inc. National Literary Awards — FAW Christina Stead Award
2011 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best First Novel
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