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'''Malla Nunn''' is a [[screenwriter]] and [[author]], who was born in [[Swaziland]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=About Malla Nunn|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/mallanunn|publisher=Panmacmillan|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123043121/http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/mallanunn|archive-date=23 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her works include the [[murder mystery]], ''[[A Beautiful Place to Die]]'', and ''Let the Dead Lie''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Malla Nunn |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Malla-Nunn/47143405/books |title=Malla Nunn Simon & Schuster Page |publisher=Authors.simonandschuster.com |date= |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref>
'''Malla Nunn''' is a [[screenwriter]] and [[author]], who was born in [[Swaziland]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=About Malla Nunn|url=http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/mallanunn|publisher=Panmacmillan|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123043121/http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/mallanunn|archive-date=23 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her works include the [[murder mystery]], ''[[A Beautiful Place to Die]]'', and ''Let the Dead Lie''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Malla Nunn |url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Malla-Nunn/47143405/books |title=Malla Nunn Simon & Schuster Page |publisher=Authors.simonandschuster.com |access-date=2013-10-22}}</ref>


== Private life ==
== Private life ==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
Nunn wrote and directed several short film including the documentary Servant of the Ancestors in 1998 which screened at several festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/servant-of-the-ancestors-1998/11593/|title=Servant of the Ancestors 1998|website=Screen Australia|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> It won Best Documentary Silver Images, Pan African, Zanzibar Film Festival, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artandsoul/about/joanne.htm|title=art + soul Jo-anne McGowan Producer|website=ABC|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> Her first book ''[[A Beautiful Place to Die]]'' was published in 2008. Set in South Africa in the beginning of the apartheid era in South Africa it featured Detective Emmanuel Cooper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Beautiful-Place-to-Die/Malla-Nunn/9781416586210|title=A Beautiful Place to Die An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery|website=Simon & Schuster|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> This was the beginning of the ''Detective Emmanuel Cooper series.''
Nunn wrote and directed several short film including the documentary Servant of the Ancestors in 1998 which screened at several festivals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/servant-of-the-ancestors-1998/11593/|title=Servant of the Ancestors 1998|website=Screen Australia|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> It won Best Documentary Silver Images, Pan African, Zanzibar Film Festival, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/arts/artandsoul/about/joanne.htm|title=art + soul Jo-anne McGowan Producer|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> Her first book ''[[A Beautiful Place to Die]]'' was published in 2008. Set in South Africa in the beginning of the apartheid era in South Africa it featured Detective Emmanuel Cooper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Beautiful-Place-to-Die/Malla-Nunn/9781416586210|title=A Beautiful Place to Die An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery|website=Simon & Schuster|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref> This was the beginning of the ''Detective Emmanuel Cooper series.''


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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* 2015 shortlisted [[Ned Kelly Awards]] – Best Adult Crime Novel – ''Present Darkness''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austcrimefiction.org/blogs/announcing-2015-ned-kelly-awards-shortlist|title=Announcing the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist|website=Aust Crime Fiction|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2015 shortlisted [[Ned Kelly Awards]] – Best Adult Crime Novel – ''Present Darkness''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austcrimefiction.org/blogs/announcing-2015-ned-kelly-awards-shortlist|title=Announcing the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist|website=Aust Crime Fiction|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2015 shortlisted [[Davitt Award]] – Adult Fiction – ''Present Darkness''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austcrimefiction.org/blogs/keeping-2015-davitt-awards-adult-fiction|title=Keeping up with the 2015 Davitt Awards – Adult Fiction|website=Aust Crime Fiction|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>
* 2015 shortlisted [[Davitt Award]] – Adult Fiction – ''Present Darkness''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.austcrimefiction.org/blogs/keeping-2015-davitt-awards-adult-fiction|title=Keeping up with the 2015 Davitt Awards – Adult Fiction|website=Aust Crime Fiction|access-date=8 March 2017}}</ref>
*2019 winner [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|LA Times Book Prize]] – Young Adult – ''When the Ground Is Hard''<ref>{{Cite web|title=‘When the Ground is Hard’ wins LA Times Book Prize for YA|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/04/22/149492/when-the-ground-is-hard-wins-la-times-book-prize-for-ya/|last=|first=|date=2020-04-22|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref>
*2019 winner [[Los Angeles Times Book Prize|LA Times Book Prize]] – Young Adult – ''When the Ground Is Hard''<ref>{{Cite web|title='When the Ground is Hard' wins LA Times Book Prize for YA|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/04/22/149492/when-the-ground-is-hard-wins-la-times-book-prize-for-ya/|date=2020-04-22|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|access-date=2020-05-07}}</ref>
*2020 shortlisted Children's Book Council of Australia [[Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers]] – ''When the Ground Is Hard''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/03/31/148579/cbca-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|title=CBCA Awards 2020 shortlists announced|last=|first=|date=2020-03-31|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*2020 shortlisted Children's Book Council of Australia [[Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers]] – ''When the Ground Is Hard''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/03/31/148579/cbca-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|title=CBCA Awards 2020 shortlists announced|date=2020-03-31|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|url-status=live|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*2020 shortlisted [[Davitt Award]] – Best Young Adult crime novel<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-07-17|title=Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/17/153836/davitt-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref>
*2020 shortlisted [[Davitt Award]] – Best Young Adult crime novel<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-17|title=Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/17/153836/davitt-awards-2020-shortlists-announced/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-19|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:02, 2 February 2022

Malla Nunn
BornSwaziland
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active2008–

Malla Nunn is a screenwriter and author, who was born in Swaziland.[1] Her works include the murder mystery, A Beautiful Place to Die, and Let the Dead Lie.[2]

Private life

Nunn was born in Swaziland and moved to Perth with her parents in the 1970s. She attended the University of Western Australia graduating with a B.A. with a double major in English and History. She completed a M.A. in Theatre Studies at Villanova University in Philadelphia.[3] While in America she met her husband-to-be and they live with their two children in Sydney.[4]

Career

Nunn wrote and directed several short film including the documentary Servant of the Ancestors in 1998 which screened at several festivals.[5] It won Best Documentary Silver Images, Pan African, Zanzibar Film Festival, 2000.[6] Her first book A Beautiful Place to Die was published in 2008. Set in South Africa in the beginning of the apartheid era in South Africa it featured Detective Emmanuel Cooper.[7] This was the beginning of the Detective Emmanuel Cooper series.

Bibliography

  • A Beautiful Place to Die (2008) – Book 1 Detective Emmanuel Cooper series
  • Let the Dead Lie (2010) – Book 2 Detective Emmanuel Cooper series
  • Silent Valley (2012) also known as Blessed are the Dead - Book 3 Detective Emmanuel Cooper series
  • Present Darkness (2014) – Book 4 Detective Emmanuel Cooper series
  • Contributor to If I Tell You... I'll Have to Kill You (Michael Robotham editor) (2013)
  • When the Ground Is Hard (2019) – for young adults

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b "About Malla Nunn". Panmacmillan. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  2. ^ Malla Nunn. "Malla Nunn Simon & Schuster Page". Authors.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Malla Nunn comes to town 13 September 2013". The Inverell Times. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Malla Nunn Biography". Book Browse. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Servant of the Ancestors 1998". Screen Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ "art + soul Jo-anne McGowan Producer". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ^ "A Beautiful Place to Die An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Shortlist for the 2013 Davitt Awards". Aust Crime Fiction. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Mystery Writers of America 2013 Awards" (PDF). The Edgars [Mystery Writers of America]. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Announcing the 2015 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlist". Aust Crime Fiction. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Keeping up with the 2015 Davitt Awards – Adult Fiction". Aust Crime Fiction. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. ^ "'When the Ground is Hard' wins LA Times Book Prize for YA". Books+Publishing. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "CBCA Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Davitt Awards 2020 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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