Rebecca James (author)
Rebecca James | |
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| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Young Adult, Thriller |
| Notable works | Beautiful Malice |
| Website | |
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Rebecca James (born 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is a writer of Young Adult fiction.
Biography
Rebecca spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching English in Indonesia and Japan, and most of her thirties having babies and working as a kitchen designer.
She has started several university degrees but has yet to place any letters after her name. Despite her highly developed procrastinatory skills she has somehow managed to finish writing a book or two - and plans to spend her forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties finishing several more.
She lives in Armidale, Australia with her partner, their four sons and two dogs.
Novels
- Beautiful Malice, to be published by Faber and Faber in 2010.[1]
- Cooper Bartholomew is Dead, release date to be announced. [2]
Pre-Publication Media Interest
The Wall Street Journal wrote an article on October 23, 2009 asking whether James could be 'The Next JK Rowling.' [3] It also said, of Beautiful Malice, that it 'isn't merely to be published, but has become a publishing phenomenon that is sparking an aggressive bidding war worldwide.'
In April 2010, The Bookseller ran an interview with James, in which the interviewer describes the novel as having 'strong international appeal.' [4]
References
External links
- Rebecca's page, Conville and Walsh literary agents
- Official website]