Do you love true-crime podcasts? Author A.L. Tait got obsessed with them for a while and pulled those themes into her latest middle-grade crime-thriller novel Danger Road. She joins us to discuss her experience writing and publishing this one, along with her busy year of writing, her process and how she found her unique voice.
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Writer in residence: Natalie Murray
Natalie Murray has been writing to make people smile ever since her short story A Dog Story With a Happy Ending won first prize in a writing competition when she was eight (she didn’t quite understand titles and spoilers then!). Now slightly *cough* older, Natalie is irreversibly committed to writing romance novels with all the tension, heart flutters, and ‘it hurts so good' angst. Her debut adult contemporary romance, Love, Just In, was published by Allen & Unwin in January 2024, followed by Lights, Camera, Love in July 2025. Another sizzling romance is on the way for publication in 2026. She also co-writes contemporary romance with US author Jenny Hickman (writing as Jenny Fyfe).
Also a self-confessed Tudorphile, Natalie is the award-winning author of the Emmie and the Tudor King series, which has received acclaim from Foreword Reviews, InD’Tale Magazine, YA Books Central, and NYT bestselling author Brigid Kemmerer, among others. The complete trilogy is currently in development for a television adaptation by Ambience Entertainment.
Natalie grew up in Sydney, Australia, and is the daughter of cookbook author Eva Stovern (‘The Caravan Chef’) and the late Australian football icon Les Murray. When she’s not writing books, you can find Natalie clinging to her family (literally; she’s super affectionate), packing or unpacking a suitcase, making lists of things she'll never have time for because she's too busy making lists, or playing on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.
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This podcast is brought to you by the Australian Writers' Centre and our course Creative Writing Stage 1.
Find out more about your host, Valerie Khoo (@valeriekhoo on Twitter and @valeriekhoo on Instagram).
