Paul E. Hardisty

Paul E. Hardisty

Canadian Paul Hardisty has spent twenty-five years working all over the world as an engineer, hydrologist and environmental scientist. He has roughnecked on oil rigs in Texas, explored for gold in the Arctic, mapped geology in Eastern Turkey (where he was befriended by PKK rebels), and rehabilitated water wells in the wilds of Africa. He was in Ethiopia in 1991 as the Mengistu regime fell, and was bumped from one of the last flights out of Addis Ababa by bureaucrats and their families fleeing the rebels. In 1993 he survived a bomb blast in a café in Sana’a, and was one of the last Westerners out of Yemen before the outbreak of the 1994 civil war. Paul is a university professor and CEO of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). The first four novels in his Claymore Straker series, The Abrupt Physics of Dying, The Evolution of Fear and Reconciliation for the Dead all received great critical acclaim and The Abrupt Physics of Dying was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and a Telegraph Book of the Year. Paul drew on his own experiences to write Turbulent Wake, an extraordinary departure from his high-octane, thought-provoking thrillers, and a novel that has had a profound impact on readers worldwide. Paul is a sailor, private pilot, keen outdoorsman, conservation volunteer, and lives in Western Australia. Follow him on Twitter @Hardisty_Paul

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24 March 2021

Simone Buchholz and Vanda Symon in conversation with Craig Sisterson to launch Hotel Cartagena and Bound

Orenda Books is delighted to celebrate publication of ‘Queen of Krimi’ Simone Buchholz’s Hotel Cartagena (translated by Rachel Ward) and award-winning New Zealand crime writer Vanda Symon’s Bound with an online launch. Hotel Cartagena is the fourth in the international, bestselling Chastity Riley series, and it sees our protagonist trapped in a hotel bar, high above Hamburg Harbour, as gunmen take ...

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16 March 2021

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents NORDIC NOIR – with Agnes Ravatn & Thomas Enger

Agnes Ravatn and Thomas Enger will be taking part in 'Nordic Noir with TIFA' as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. The details and how to watch are below: When: 24th March - 7PM How to sign up: Click HERE What: Norwegian author and journalist Agnes Ravatn explores her latest psychological thriller, The Seven Doors, in ...

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16 March 2021

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Simone Buchholz and Vanda Symon in conversation with Craig Sisterson to launch Hotel Cartagena and Bound

Orenda Books is delighted to celebrate publication of ‘Queen of Krimi’ Simone Buchholz’s Hotel Cartagena (translated by Rachel Ward) and award-winning New Zealand crime writer Vanda Symon’s Bound with an online launch. Hotel Cartagena is the fourth in the international, bestselling Chastity Riley series, and it sees our protagonist trapped in a hotel bar, high above Hamburg Harbour, as gunmen take ...

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16 March 2021

Toronto International Festival of Authors presents NORDIC NOIR – with Agnes Ravatn & Thomas Enger

Agnes Ravatn and Thomas Enger will be taking part in 'Nordic Noir with TIFA' as part of the Toronto International Festival of Authors. The details and how to watch are below: When: 24th March - 7PM How to sign up: Click HERE What: Norwegian author and journalist Agnes Ravatn explores her latest psychological thriller, The Seven Doors, in ...

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16 March 2021

Matt Wesolowski in conversation with Catriona Ward to celebrate publication of Matt’s dark, thought-provoking new thriller Deity

Orenda Books is delighted to celebrate publication of Matt Wesolowki’s dark, thought-provoking new thriller Deity with an online launch. The fourth in the critically acclaimed, award-winning Six Stories series, with a ‘true crime’ podcast-style narrative, Deity sees online journalist Scott King investigate mega popstar  Zach Crystal, who died in a suspicious fire at his northern Scottish retreat. Allegations of sexual ...

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1 March 2021

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