Candice Fox | |
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Born | 1985 Bankstown, New South Wales |
Occupation | Author |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Genre | Crime |
Years active | 2014- |
Notable works | Hades, Eden , Fall, Black and Blue, Never Never , Crimson Lake, The Chase |
Notable awards | Ned Kelly Award (3) |
Candice Fox (born 1985) is an Australian novelist, best known for her crime fiction. [1] She was born in 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]
She won the 2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel for Hades, [3] and later won the Best Fiction Ned Kelly Award for Eden in 2015, [4] and for The Chase in 2022. [5]
In 2015, Candice started collaborating on a series of novels with bestselling author James Patterson.
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