Some of them include the Steel Dagger Award, the Boeke Prize, the Gold Dagger Award, etc.Īs of today, Michael Robotham lives happily on the northern beaches of Sydney along with his lovely wife and three beautiful daughters.
This was followed by a number of other prestigious award nominations for the subsequent novels written by author Robotham.
The novel was also shortlisted for the Barry Award in the year 2006. It was given to him by the Crime Writers Association of Australia. The second novel written by author Robotham allowed him to win the Ned Kelly Award in the year 2005 in the category of the Best Crime Novel. The novel has also been into more than 22 foreign languages all over the world. It was recommended as the top book for 28 million members of a reading club spread across 15 countries. The debut novel written by author Robotham was titled ‘The Suspect’ and was a psychological thriller. He began collaborating with pop stars, adventurers, politicians, show business personalities, and psychologists for writing their autobiographies.Īs many as 12 non-fiction titles written by him have gone on to become bestsellers, selling more than 2 million printed copies all over the world. In the year 1993, author Robotham decided to quit journalism and focus on his new profession as a ghostwriter. He was also able to gain access to the files of Hitler possessed by Stalin, which were believed to be missing for more than 50 years and then brought back due to the courtesy of a cleaner who stumbled upon a misplaced cardboard containing the important files. Michael continued with his job as a journalist for a period of 14 years, but kept changing newspaper agencies during these years all over Australia, Africa, Europe, and America.īeing a senior journalist in the Mail on Sunday agency of the United Kingdom, Michael was among the first few people who were allowed to view the diaries and letters of Czar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra, which were discovered from Moscow in the year 1991. Then, in the year 1979, he escaped and became a journalist for an afternoon newspaper based in Sydney.
He says that in each and every town that he has ever lived, he found more dogs and flies than people. He was born in the year 1960 and was raised in several small country towns. Michael Robotham is one of the Gold Dagger winning authors from Australia, who is famous for writing a number of novels based on the mystery, thriller, and crime fiction genres.
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