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Donald McMaster Donald McMaster i(A29523 works by)
Born: Established: 1942
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Gender: Male
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'Donald McMaster', who wishes to be known only by this pseudonym, describes himself as being 'Australian of Celtic ethnicity'. McMaster has published short stories in Australian and overseas journals, and has written book-length fiction and non-fiction. His non-fiction, published under his real name, has largely been in the field of equine handling and care.

McMaster's family is dispersed around Australia and internationally. In 2005 he was living on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

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y separately published work icon Provocation Melbourne - North : Arcadia , 2012 Z1924985 2012 single work novel crime 'Although I didn't know it, this was the night they killed him. I didn't know who they were then, didn't know the devastation they would bring us. Didn't realise the delicate balance of our marriage was such a fragile thing ...'

Duncan McKinlay is a civilised man whose talent is his affinity with horses. He breeds thoroughbreds while living with Giselle and their daughter in the pretty farming country of Ontario. He loves Giselle but their marriage is drifting and his business is precarious. When the horse he has imported from France to change his fortunes is ritually slaughtered, the police suspect that he faked the crime. He knows that his family is in mortal danger. He has to find the killers. In hunting them down, his marriage falters and he is forced to rely on intelligence and courage to stave off certain death in the wilds of Canada ... ' (Publisher's blurb)
2013 highly commended ACT Writing and Publishing Awards — Fiction
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