Author Hour with Nikki Mottram at Ipswich Central Library

Secrets, Suspense and Small-Town Intrigue

Uncover the story behind Helidon, the latest instalment in Nikki Mottram's best-selling Dana Gibson series. This gripping rural crime novel weaves suspense, corruption and community tensions into an addictive mystery set against the backdrop of a small Queensland town.

Nikki Mottram writes crime fiction and has a background in child protection. She has a psychology degree from The University of Queensland and has worked in London and Australia in positions protecting and promoting the welfare of children at risk of harm. She grew up and resides in Toowoomba, and brings to her work an understanding of rural communities.

She has been published in the Boroondara Literary Awards anthology and shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Hal Porter Short Story Competition. In 2018, she was the recipient of a Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre Fellowship. Helidon joins Crows Nest and Killarney in the bestselling Dana Gibson series.

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