Rebecca James (author)

For other people of the same name, see Rebecca James (disambiguation).
Rebecca James
Born 1970
Sydney, Australia
Occupation Novelist
Genre Young Adult, Thriller
Notable works Beautiful Malice
Website

Rebecca James (born 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is a writer of Young Adult fiction.

Biography

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 has started several university degrees but has yet to place any letters after her name. Despite her highly developed procrastinatory skills she has somehow managed to finish writing a book or two - and plans to spend her forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties finishing several more.

She lives in Armidale, Australia with her partner, their four sons and one daughter.

Novels

Pre-publication media interest

The Wall Street Journal wrote an article on 23 October 2009 asking whether James could be 'The Next JK Rowling.'[3] It also said, of Beautiful Malice, that it 'isn't merely to be published, but has become a publishing phenomenon that is sparking an aggressive bidding war worldwide.'

In April 2010, The Bookseller ran an interview with James, in which the interviewer describes the novel as having 'strong international appeal.'[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.convilleandwalsh.com/index.php/titles/title/beautiful-malice
  2. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/trade-profiles/116005-aussie-rules.html
  3. ↑ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125625947789002885.html
  4. ↑ http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/trade-profiles/116005-aussie-rules.html

External links

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