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Daniel O'Malley Daniel O'Malley i(A144882 works by) (a.k.a. Dan O'Malley)
Born: Established: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Daniel O'Malley attended Canberra Grammar School prior to studying in the US. He graduated from Michigan State University and earned a Master's Degree in medieval history from Ohio State University before returning to Australia. O'Malley has worked as a writer for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau in the Australian Public Service, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. His first novel, The Rook, was the only debut novel included on Time magazine's list of books to look forward to in 2012.

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y separately published work icon Blitz Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022 24956959 2022 single work novel fantasy crime

'After a woman discovers she has supernatural powers, a string of murders is committed by someone using those same powers. As she goes on the run she discovers the roots of the mystery lie in the events of London's Blitz in WW2.'  (Publication summary)

2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Fantasy Division Novel
y separately published work icon Stiletto : A Novel Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2016 8887539 2016 single work novel fantasy thriller

'Myfanwy Thomas returns to clinch an alliance between two deadly rivals, and avert epic - and slimy - supernatural war such as the world has never known.

'After years of enmity and bloodshed, two secret organisations with otherworldly abilities must merge, and there is only one person with the fearsome powers - and bureaucratic finesse - to get the job done. Rook Myfanwy Thomas must broker a deal between deadly rivals the Checquy - a centuries-old covert British organization that protects society from supernatural threats; and the Grafters - a centuries-old supernatural threat.

'But an assassination attempt threatens to derail the whole process, and Myfanwy must dispatch two young agents - one from each side - to track down an extremist faction and destroy it before a devastating war is triggered.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2016 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Novel
y separately published work icon The Rook : A Novel New York (City) : Little, Brown , 2012 Z1837642 2012 single work novel thriller fantasy

'"The body you are wearing used to be mine."

'So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions in a series of letters her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

'She soon learns that she is a Rook, a high-ranking member of an MI5ish secret organisation called the Checquy that battles the many supernatural forces at work in Britain (who knew?). She also discovers that she possesses a rare, potentially deadly supernatural ability of her own.

'In her quest to uncover which member of the Checquy betrayed her and why, Myfanwy encounters such wacky folk as a person with four bodies, an aristocratic woman who can enter her dreams, a secret training facility where children with bizarre traits are transformed into Checquy operatives, and a conspiracy more vast than she ever could have imagined.' (From the publisher's website.)

2012 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Best Novel
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