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Adrian Hyland Adrian Hyland i(A96835 works by) (birth name: Adrian John Hyland)
Born: Established: 1954 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Wiregrass Adrian Hyland , Ultimo : Ultimo Press , 2023 26416471 2023 single work novel crime

'A murder made to look like an accident. A disgraced cop trying to forget his past.

'Nash Rankin is a disgraced cop trying to escape his past – his career was destroyed when he chose to take justice into his own hands. Now he’s living a quiet life in a small town caring for the local wildlife and trying to stay away from trouble.

'Jesse Redpath has a new job in a new town, Satellite – the stormy weather that greets her first few days on the new beat seems like a sign for what’s to come. A local has died in what seems like an accident, but Jessie isn’t so sure that ‘accident’ wasn’t planned. All evidence seems to point to Nash, but Jesse’s not sure about that either.

'Seems like Nash has enemies. And what looks like a close knit community might just be cover for dark secrets.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Canticle Creek Adrian Hyland , Ultimo : Ultimo Press , 2021 21996123 2021 single work novel crime

'When Adam Lawson’s wrecked car is found a kilometre from Daisy Baker’s body, the whole town assumes it’s an open and shut case. But Jesse Redpath isn’t from Canticle Creek. Where she comes from, the truth often hides in plain sight, but only if you know where to look.

'When Jesse starts to ask awkward questions, she uncovers a town full of contradictions and a cast of characters with dark pasts, secrets to hide and even more to lose.

'As the temperature soars, and the ground bakes, the wilderness surrounding Canticle Creek becomes a powderkeg waiting to explode.

'All it needs is one spark.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 Take a Little Time for the Country to Know You Adrian Hyland , 2013 single work essay
— Appears in: If I Tell You...I'll Have to Kill You 2013;
1 10 y separately published work icon Kinglake-350 Adrian Hyland , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2011 Z1798528 2011 single work prose (taught in 1 units)

'"Kinglake-350 to VKC. Urgent, do you read me? The fire's here now. God help us."

'Kinglake-350 is a masterpiece of writing about family, community, country life and what happens when a day of ultimate terror arrives. Adrian Hyland takes a dramatic and compelling sequence of events on that day and weaves them into a picture of universal significance and deep fascination.

'On 7 February 2009 Roger Wood was the police officer in charge of Kinglake, at the epicentre of the worst bushfire disaster in Australia's history, Black Saturday. As the firestorm engulfed the community, he risked his life, again and again, to try and save people.

'With the fire raging all around, he phoned home to warn his wife what was coming. She screamed that the fire had already hit their property. Then the line went dead.

'Black Saturday was a many-headed monster in whose wake stories of grief, heroism and desolation erupted all over the state of Victoria. This is a book about the monster, and the heroism of those who confronted it. (From the publisher's website.)

3 13 y separately published work icon Gunshot Road Adrian Hyland , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2010 Z1694727 2010 single work novel crime thriller Now, somehow, Emily's become the Aboriginal Community Police Officer for the outback (not to mention throwback) township of Bluebush.

'Being allergic both to authority and to keeping her big mouth shut, she's immediately at odds with her new boss. And a death at the Green Swamp Well Roadhouse just makes things worse.

'Officially it's a simple case of two old drunks and a hammer.Emily's not convinced.

'Fast, funny and action-packed - Gunshot Road is Australia's literary thriller of the year. (From the publisher's website.)
1 A Paradise in Flames Adrian Hyland , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 6 February 2010; (p. 20-21) The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 February 2010; (p. 28)

— Review of Without Warning Jane O'Connor , 2010 single work autobiography
1 A Resourceful, Creative Spirit Andrew Knorr , Kristin Knorr , Adrian Hyland , 2009 single work obituary (for Hilde Knorr )
— Appears in: The Age , 7 December 2009; (p. 17)
1 The School That Teaches Hope Adrian Hyland , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 15 February 2009; (p. 8)
1 The Colour of Words Adrian Hyland , 2007 single work essay
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26-28 January 2007; (p. 28-29)
Hyland discusses synaesthesia - a condition in which senses are united rather than being experienced separately. Hyland believes that he, among many other creative people - artists and scientists alike - experience the world in this way. Hyland recounts the impact that synaesthesia had on the design of the book cover for his novel Diamond Dove.
1 Emily Tempest Adrian Hyland , 2006 series - author novel crime
2 15 y separately published work icon Diamond Dove Adrian Hyland , Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2006 Z1286202 2006 single work novel crime Emily Tempest has been away from Central Australia for along time--uni, travel, dead-end jobs. Finding trouble all over the world. Now she's back at Moonlight Downs, the community where she grew up, half in the Aboriginal world, half in the white. And true to form, there's trouble. An old friend brutally murdered and mutilated. An old enemy the only suspect. Until Emily starts asking questions. (Backcover)
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