Sherryl Clark started writing crime fiction many years ago and her first crime short stories were published in the Artemis Press anthologies, as well as ‘The Age Summer Reading’ and in high school texts. In 2018 she entered her novel, Trust Me, I’m Dead, in the CWA Debut Dagger and was shortlisted. This led to a multi-book contract with Verve Books UK. Trust Me, I’m Dead was published in 2019, and was longlisted for the CWA John Creasey New Blood Award and the NZ Ngaio Marsh Debut Novel Award. The second novel in the series, Dead and Gone, was published in 2020, and the third in 2022 (Mad, Bad and Dead).
Sherryl’s most recent crime thriller, the twisty, gritty and unputdownable Woman, Missing, was published by HQ/HarperCollins in 2024.
She has also more than 70 published children’s and YA books, including novels, chapter books, picture books and verse novels and has won the Prime Minister’s Award for Children’s Literature, the NSW Premier’s Award and numerous CBCA Awards.
Sherryl taught creative writing at Victoria University TAFE for 23 years and is now running her own workshops and runs a freelance editing business. She also writes for Medium @sherrylclark, and is on social media. She has an MFA from Hamline University in Minnesota, and a PhD from Victoria University.
Website: www.sherrylclarkcrimewriter.com
Twitter: @sherrylwriter
Instagram: @sherrylwriter
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sherryl.Clark3/