Kel Robertson

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Kel Robertson
Born
Kel Robertson

1950s
New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupationnovelist
Known for Smoke and Mirrors
Website Kel Robertson/Writer [1]

Kel Robertson is an Australian novelist who was born in the 1950s on the south coast of New South Wales. [2] His novel Smoke & Mirrors shared the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel, with Deep Water by Peter Corris.

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Robertson lived in Sydney and various New South Wales country towns before entering high school in Bathurst. He has studied at a number of tertiary institutions. He resides in Canberra. [3]

He is the author of four novels featuring the Chinese-Australian Federal Police investigator, Brad Chen, two bureaucratic black comedies under the pen name A C Bland, and a futuristic crime novel under the pen name Belle Currer. [4]

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References

  1. "Kel Robertson". Archived from the original on 5 March 2020.
  2. "Kel Robertson - Pan Macmillan Australia". 27 November 2023.
  3. "Kel Robertson | AustCrimeFiction".
  4. "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 22 June 2023.