Scarlet Stiletto Bites

“Check-Out Time”, the short story by Sydneysider, Rowena Helston, won the prize for Best Investigation in Sisters in Crime’s 2009 Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Rowena trained as a criminal lawyer and currently works in legal research. After winning the Scarlet Stiletto award, she studied at the Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin and completed a novel, Bellwater Proof. She publishes her creative writing and artistic work on her website at www.rowenahelston.com . Send your feedback to [email protected] Credits Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez Co-producer: Carmel Shute Production Manager: Tim Coy Graphic Designer: Caz Brown Copyright Sisters in Crime Australia

Moraig Kisler took out the prize for Best New Talent in Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards in 2013 for her short story, “Milko”. Moraig is a retired law clerk and a convenor of Sisters in Crime Australia. While studying an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT, Moraig began writing a crime novel The Saltworks. She dabbles in short stories and micro fiction but is always drawn to the dark side. Send your feedback to [email protected] Credits Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez Co-producer: Carmel Shute Production Manager: Tim Coy Graphic Designer: Caz Brown Copyright Sisters in Crime Australia

Vicky Daddo won 2nd prize in Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards in 2013 for her short story, “Mary's Colours”. Vicky writes long and short fiction. She enters the Scarlet Stiletto awards every year and her 2013 second place, was the second time she had been among the prize-winners, cementing her love of writing crime. She is currently writing a cosy mystery novel. Send your feedback to [email protected] More info here. https://vickydaddo.com/ Credits Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez Co-producer: Carmel Shute Production Manager: Tim Coy Graphic Designer: Caz Brown Copyright Sisters in Crime Australia

Aoife [Ee-fa] Clifford won the Scarlet Stiletto Award in 2007 and then continued to take out numerous category awards, including the runner-up prize for The Body in the Library Award in 2013. To hear Susanna Lobez’s superlative narration go to Apple https://buff.ly/3oCL93T; Spotify: https://buff.ly/3ozTzZO; Google https://buff.ly/3BY8qk1; or Amazon https://buff.ly/3oCLa7X. Aoife is now the author of the best-selling literary crime novels, Second Sight, highly commended in the Davitt Awards, All These Perfect Strangers, longlisted for both the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and the Voss Literary Prize; and When We Fall which was shortlisted for best crime novel in both the Ned Kelly Awards and the Davitt Awards. Her latest novel is It Takes a Town. She has been shortlisted for the UK Crime Association’s Debut Dagger and has won the S.D. Harvey Award among other prizes. Credits Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez Co-producer: Carmel Shute Production Manager: Tim Coy Graphic Designer: Caz Brown Copyright Sisters in Crime Australia

The Body in the Library’ won the eponymous prize in the 2013 Scarlet Stiletto awards for WA author Dawn Farnham. She has published numerous short stories and historical novels and recently received a starred review by US Publisher’s Weekly for her 2023 historical detective novel, Tokyo Time. Credits Concept designer, co-producer, and narrator: Susanna Lobez Co-producer: Carmel Shute Production Manager: Tim Coy Graphic Designer: Caz Brown Copyright Sisters in Crime Australia