Karen M. Davis was a New South Wales Police Officer for twenty years. At the age of nineteen, she started her career in uniform on the streets of Newtown, in the inner west of Sydney. She later became a detective, working in various squads within the State Crime Command, investigating serious and organised crime.
As an undercover operative, Karen was involved in numerous role-play situations for homicide investigations that led to murder convictions. She has infiltrated crime syndicates and purchased drugs from criminal entities including bikies and their associates.
In 2007, Karen was discharged from the police force with chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her mother, (author of twelve novels, the late Lynne Wilding) encouraged her to write about her police experiences as a form of therapy. Creating her own little book of memoirs uncovered a love of writing and using her real life police experiences is the inspiration for her stories. "Fiction derived from reality."
Karen's first fictional crime novel Sinister Intent was released in 2013. This was followed by Deadly Obsession, 2014 and Fatal Mistake, 2017. All three novels feature Detective Lexie Rogers and are set in Sydney. They are stand-alone books or can be read as a series.
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We had a lovely Literature Event yesterday. Barry Jonsberg was fantastic, all the sessions went smoothly and we have had great feedback from the staff and students. Barry’s sessions had the students laughing and applauding throughout. We are now thinking about next year and would love to have Barry back. We had a great time, thanks so much.
Although I organised Dubb's visit to my school I was on leave at the time of his visit. I had a number of teachers get in touch to tell me how impressed they were. I am now back at work and have asked the students their thoughts. The kids gave Dubb 10 out of 10 for his presentation, they loved his sessions so much. He was described as very kind and extremely creative.
In our student feedback at the end of this semester many of our students made a particular point of mentioning David's seminar as one of the high points of their study in this unit.
Dee read from her book 'Beyond Belief' and shared the incredible story behind its creation. The students were captivated as she spoke about her writing process and the real-life events that inspired the book. After the reading, Dee conducted a fantastic writing workshop with our students, sparking creativity and helping them develop their own storytelling skills. We are so grateful for the opportunity to learn from such a talented and passionate author!
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It was fantastic having Helen in person to talk with our students at Bright P-12 College. She was so engaging, and her presentation was intriguing with historical photographs and artifacts from the area. My students were keen to know more and to read ‘The Rebels of Buffalo’.
Tash presented a very engaging session to our students which they loved. She discussed thought provoking questions and First Nations themes in an age appropriate manner.
It’s may sound like a cliché-but it’s a true one- Crystal got even reluctant writers to complete a story. For at least one student this may be the first time that he has done this!
Today went really well; David was great - the kids learnt a lot.
Tony was very relaxed and easy going. He stepped the kids through the process in a considered way so that no one was left behind and made plenty of time for questions and interaction.