My Island Homicide (28 page)

Acknowledgements

This book would not exist had I not trod, in 2006, with good intentions from the tranquillity of full-time work into the hazy chaos of full-time motherhood and teetered on the brink of insanity as a result. Nor would it exist without my amazing mentor, Dr Anna Kassulke, who patiently helped me work through many of the 79 drafts and edited countless short stories while I tried madly to learn something about the craft of writing. Finally, this book would not exist had the 2012 Queensland state elections not been the catalyst for the creation of the Queensland Literary Awards which I entered purely to pay the entry fee as a show of support and never expected to win.

Many thanks to the following: Dear friends who pored over drafts and made valuable suggestions; medical advisors Doctors Catriona Arnold-Nott and John Cooper (okay, there's a little literary licence); my husband for his long-suffering support; the Queensland Literary Awards Committee, including judges, sponsors, donors, buskers, volunteers, supporters and everyone who made the awards possible; University of Queensland Press and Varuna Writers' House for the 2010 Publisher Fellowship; and a final thanks to my parents – for everything.

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