Rebecca James (author)
Rebecca James | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Young adult, Thriller |
| Notable work | Beautiful Malice |
| Website | rebeccajamesbooks |
Rebecca James (born 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian author of young adult literature (YA).
Biography
Her background, as posted by her then-literary agent, Conville & Walsh, in 2009, states:
Rebecca spent her early twenties working as a waitress, her late twenties teaching English in Indonesia and Japan, and most of her thirties having babies and working as a kitchen designer. ... She lives in Armidale, Australia with her partner and their four sons.[1]
Novels
- Beautiful Malice, published by Allen & Unwin in 2010[1]
- Sweet Damage, published by Allen & Unwin in 2013
- Cooper Bartholomew is Dead, published by Allen & Unwin in 2014
- The Woman in the Mirror, published by HQ in 2018[2]
Pre-publication media interest
A Wall Street Journal article, published 23 October 2009, noted that the 39-year-old author, who just days earlier was a failed writer whose kitchen business had gone bankrupt and was considering selling her house,[3] was suddenly "a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, [she] is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becoming a millionaire" due to a major publisher bidding war for what would soon become her first published novel, Beautiful Malice.[4]
References
- 1 2 Unwin, Jo (5 October 2009). "Beautiful Malice | Author: Rebecca James" (Press release). Conville & Walsh. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
- ↑ "The Woman in the Mirror: A haunting gothic story of obsession, tinged with suspense" (Press release). HarperCollins. 2018. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ↑ O'Keeffe, Alice (9 April 2010). "Aussie rules". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ↑ Alberge, Dalya (23 October 2009). "From Down Under, the Next J.K. Rowling?". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2009.