Australian Fiction Authors

Guest author Nicole Alexander with her new bestseller, Stone Country

What sets us apart from our friends and family? Why do we make certain choices during a lifetime? We’re delighted to have bestselling Australian author Nicole Alexander as our first guest author Read what Nicole has to say about her new release Stone Country Nicole Alexander The heart of Australian storytelling Nicole Alexander is the Australian author of eight best-selling novels, including The Bark Cutters, A Changing Land, Absolution Creek, Sunset Ridge, The Great Plains, Wild Lands, River Run and An Uncommon Woman Land. Legacy. Love. South Australia, 1919. Read more…
New release – Something in the Wine by Tricia Stringer

A warm-hearted rural romance set among the scenic vineyards of the Margaret River from bestselling author Tricia Stringer New release Read an excerpt below, and read what Tricia had to say when we asked her the 5 Big Questions – plus, there are photos! Reserved high school teacher Keely Mitchell is more than ready for her holiday on the west coast of Australia, so when a medical emergency turns over all her plans and an intervention by a kind stranger finds her recovering in a Margaret River vineyard, she is at first downcast. Read more…
Backlist Wednesday

What’s a backlist? The books that came before the latest or current release from your favourite authors – or perhaps authors who are new to you Don’t miss out on some fantastic reading opportunities! Sometimes running away leads you right back where you started … As her father’s only heir, Catherine Cottingham expects to inherit their sprawling property in the Hunter Valley. What she doesn’t understand is why her father is trying to push her into a marriage to the pompous and repulsive Sydney businessman Henry W. Bartholomew. Read more…
Without a Doubt – new release from Fleur McDonald

“Detective Dave Burrows returns in the most compelling and exciting case of his early career.” Read an excerpt from Chapter 1 of bestselling author Fleur McDonald’s new release Without a Doubt In Barrabine, as Dave’s workload skyrockets, Melinda, Dave’s wife, is unhappy about being left alone so much to raise their eighteen-month-old daughter, Bec. It’s not how Dave wants it either, but complaints, leads and crimes all have to be investigated – it’s what he joined the force for. Melinda’s interfering father isn’t helping. Read more…
Home at Last – new release from Meredith Appleyard

New release from the bestselling author of The Country Practice – Meredith Appleyard with Home at Last Home At Last by author Meredith Appleyard is a fabulously entertaining read full of characters that tug on the heartstrings! – Talking Books, Goodreads Read an excerpt below! Flying solo can be harder than it looks … A warm-hearted rural romance about finding your way home. Flying solo for the first time had been the greatest high of Anna Kelly’s life. Read more…
After the Party – new release and debut novel from Cassie Hamer

Not only is this a new release, it’s a debut novel already climbing the charts We’re thrilled to showcase Cassie Hamer and After the Party on Australian Fiction Authors You can read the blurb … you can read an excerpt! We also asked Cassie the 5 Big Questions Cassie Hamer Australian Author of Women’s Contemporary Fiction Stories that take you behind the white picket fence… An unexpected gift left at her daughter’s fifth birthday party in the form of a little girl pitches Sydney mum Lisa Wheeldon into events both hilarious and life-changing. Read more…
Book Club – 3 Authors, 3 Books, 5 Questions for You or Your Club

Take a seat in your favourite armchair or head over to your book club fully armed with three fantastic books Here at Australian Fiction Authors we like to give you a choice of reading material and here are three we think you’re going to love, whether they’re for a book club you belong to, or just for your personal choice Featuring Anthea Hodgson, Helene Young, Pamela Cook The Books The Cowgirl Australian Rural Fiction Author Anthea Hodgson Stories that are a love letter back to my country roots When I wrote my first novel, The Drifter about the town of… Read more…
Home at Last – 5 Big Questions for author Meredith Appleyard

18th March is the release date for Home at Last by Meredith Appleyard We wanted to know more about this book, so here’s the news! Flying solo can be harder than it looks … A warm-hearted rural romance about finding your way home. Flying solo for the first time had been the greatest high of Anna Kelly’s life. Read more…
Spilling the News on Writing Goals – 6 Authors, 6 Spills

Our third blog post where Australian Fiction Authors spill the news on their writing goals for 2019 Take it away, Meredith Appleyard, Pamela Cook, Tricia Stringer, Cheryl Adnams, Nicole Hurley-Moore and Penelope Janu What are your writing goals for 2019? Meredith Appleyard Bestselling Author of The Country Practice Using her experience and fascination of providing health care to rural communities in her stories Wow! Writing goals for 2019 … I really had to think about this. Formal goal-setting was something from my previous life. Read more…
Home Fires – new release from Fiona Lowe

New release from award winning bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe A devastating bushfire. Three scorched marriages. And an inflammatory secret that will rock a town. ‘Absorbing’ – The Townsville Eye Read a few words from Fiona and read an excerpt from Home Fires When a lethal bushfire tore through Myrtle, nestled in Victoria’s breathtaking Otway Ranges, the town’s buildings – and the lives of its residents – were left as smouldering ash. For three women in particular, the fire fractured their lives and their relationships. Read more…