Candice Fox

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Candice Fox
Born1985 [1]
Bankstown, New South Wales [1]
OccupationAuthor
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
Years active2014-
Notable works Eden , Never Never
Notable awards Ned Kelly Award (3)

Candice Fox (born 1985) is an Australian novelist, best known for her crime fiction. [2] She has collaborated with James Patterson on several novels.

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Early life and education

Candice Fox was born in 1985 the western suburbs of Sydney into a large family. She spent a brief period in the Royal Australian Navy before studying and teaching at university level. [2]

Career

Fox has written many novels, mainly crime fiction. [3]

In 2015, Fox started collaborating on a series of novels with bestselling author James Patterson. [2]

Bibliography

Novels

Archer and Bennett

  • Hades (2014)
  • Eden (2014)
  • Fall (2015)

Detective Harriet Blue

  • Never Never (collaboration with James Patterson) (2016)
  • Fifty Fifty (collaboration with James Patterson) (2017)
  • Liar Liar (collaboration with James Patterson) (2018)
  • Hush Hush (collaboration with James Patterson) (2019)

Crimson Lake

  • Crimson Lake (2017) [4]
  • Redemption Point (2018) [5]
  • Gone By Midnight (2019) [6]

Novellas

Adaptations

Troppo (2022), an ABC TV/IMDb TV adaptation of Crimson Lake starring Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun premiered on 27 February in Australia [7] and on 20 May 2022 in the United States. [8]

In March 2022 Gathering Dark was optioned for adaptation by Renegade Entertainment. [9]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 ""Candice Fox"". Fresh Fiction. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Austlit — Candice Fox". Austlit. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. Fidler, Richard Candice Fox: how to raise a crime writer March 9, 2017 Conversations (audio) Retrieved March 15, 2017
  4. "Crimson Lake by Candice Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  5. "Redemption Point by Candice Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  6. "Gone By Midnight by Candice Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  7. Buaya, Alisha (25 February 2022). "CHEP Network announces Thomas Penn promotion to Melbourne GM". Mediaweek. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  8. "IMDb TV Picks Up Australian Series 'Troppo' Starring & Exec Produced By Thomas Jane". Deadline Hollywood . 5 August 2021.
  9. ""Renegade Entertainment Developing Series Based On Candice Fox's Bestseller 'Gathering Dark'"". Renegade Entertainment. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  10. "Previous Winners: Best First Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  11. "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Austlit - Candice Fox - Awards". Austlit. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  13. "2022 Winners". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 28 June 2023.