Chris Hammer has been a journalist for more than thirty years and is now a celebrated writer of crime fiction. He was Chief Political Correspondent for The Bulletin and senior writer for The Age and Online Political Editor for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
He is known for his best-selling Martin Scarsden series. He was shortlisted for major awards in Australia, the UK and the United States. In the UK, Scrublands was named the Sunday Times crime novel of the year, 2019 and won the prestigious UK Crime Writers Association John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award. All of Chris’s books have atmospheric Australian settings.
