AWW21 Charismatic Crime Fighters - Chris Hammer and Emma Viskic

Australian crime writers are riding a wave of global success,
consistently creating compelling and charismatic characters who
investigate heinous crimes with tenacity and often dry humour.
Emma Viskic’s celebrated Caleb Zelic series, featuring a Deaf,
articulate, obstinate, brilliant outsider as the private
investigator protagonist, launched in 2016 with Resurrection Bay,
with the recent Darkness for Light the third in the series. 
Chris Hammer’s debut Scrublands (2018) was a bestselling
sensation, and his two follow up novels, Silver and Trust, all
featuring the gritty and emotionally scarred journalist Martin
Scarsden, have been equally acclaimed.  


Emma and Chris talk to Cath Kenneally about crafting compelling
protagonists, and the long-term commitment required to write a
series.