About & Press Kit
Dinuka McKenzie is the author of the Detective Kate Miles crime series, The Torrent, Taken and Tipping Point, published in Australia and the UK. She is the winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Australia Banjo Prize. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, the Bad Sydney Crime Danger Awards, and longlisted for the Richell Prize. Dinuka lives with her family in Southern Sydney on Dharawal country. She Lied First, a standalone psychological suspense, is her fourth novel.
Dinuka is pronounced Dee-noo-kah.
Events & Workshops
Dinuka has hosted writing workshops for festivals and writing organisations including Writers South Australia, Writers Victoria, WestWords, South Coast Writers Centre, The Society of Women Writers NSW and the Sydney University Festival of Creativity. She has appeared in multiple online and in-person events, including library talks, podcasts, radio, and writers’ festivals. These include the Sydney Writers Festival, Brisbane Writers Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival, BAD Sydney Crime and Bute Noir, Scotland.
Dinuka has interviewed and hosted in-conversation events with authors including Nardi Simpson, Shankari Chandran, Bryan Brown, Michael Robotham, Christian White, Candice Fox, Dervla McTiernan, Chris Hammer, Benjamin Stevenson, Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Hayley Scrivenor, Petronella McGovern, Michael Brissenden, Emma Viskic, R W R McDonald, Veronica Lando, Kirsty Jagger, and Carla Fitzgerald.
From 2020–22 Dinuka volunteered as part of the organising committee for the Sutherland Shire Writers’ Festival (Writers Unleashed). Subject to availability, Dinuka undertakes crime fiction manuscript assessments and mentorships for the Australian Society of Authors.
If you would like Dinuka to speak at your next event, click below.
Press Kit
Author Photos
High-resolution author photos by Emma Stergio / Simply Loved Photography, available for editorial, press and promotional use. All image credits to Emma Stergio – Simply Loved Photography.
View Photos ↓Book Cover Images
Refer to the Books page for cover art on Dinuka’s novels for review, press and promotional use.
Books →Invite Dinuka to Speak
Dinuka is available for festivals, library talks, workshops, panels, podcasts, radio, and in-conversation events across Australia.
Enquire Now →Manuscript Assessments & Mentoring
Subject to availability, Dinuka undertakes crime fiction manuscript assessments and mentorships for the Australian Society of Authors. Check the ASA website for details and availability.
ASA Mentorships →Photo Gallery
All photos © Emma Stergio – Simply Loved Photography. Click on the photos for high resolution (print quality) images.
