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Bill Swiggs Bill Swiggs i(15986185 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Formerly a police officer and an aviation firefighter with the Royal Australian Air Force, Bill Swiggs published his first novel in 2019.

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y separately published work icon Blood in the Dust Australia : Bonnier Zaffre , 2019 15986204 2019 single work novel historical fiction

'Winner of the best unpublished manuscript category of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize: a fast-paced adventure story set in the Australian outback. 1853, Victoria. Five bushrangers raid a homestead. When they ride away, nineteen-year-old Toby O'Rourke's parents lay dead at his feet. Forced into adulthood, he and his brother Paddy will seek to restore the family fortunes and outwit not only the rich businessman who conspired to rob them of their birth right, but the vicious men who murdered their family.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 winner Wilbur Smith Adventure Prize
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