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Candice Fox


Australia (b.1980)

Candice Fox is the middle child of a large, eccentric family from Sydney's western suburbs composed of half-, adopted and pseudo siblings. The daughter of a parole officer and an enthusiastic foster-carer, Candice spent her childhood listening around corners to tales of violence, madness and evil as her father relayed his work stories to her mother and older brothers.

As a cynical and trouble-making teenager, her crime and gothic fiction writing was an escape from the calamity of her home life. She was constantly in trouble for reading Anne Rice in church and scaring her friends with tales from Australia's wealth of true crime writers.

 


Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
April 2026

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Redbelly Crossing
 
Series
Archer and Bennett
   1. Hades (2015)
   2. Eden (2015)
   3. Fall (2017)
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Harriet Blue (with James Patterson)
   Black & Blue (2016)
   1. Never Never (2016)
   2. Fifty Fifty (2017)
   3. Liar Liar (2018)
   4. Hush (2019)
     aka Hush Hush
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Crimson Lake
   1. Crimson Lake (2017)
     aka Troppo
   2. Redemption Point (2018)
     aka Redemption
   3. Gone by Midnight (2019)
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Bill Robinson (with James Patterson)
   1. The Inn (2019)
   2. The Murder Inn (2024)
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Novels
   The Chase (2022)
   Fire with Fire (2023)
   Devil's Kitchen (2024)
   High Wire (2024)
   Redbelly Crossing (2026)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Hunting Game (2023)
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Series contributed to
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Awards
2022 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel : The Chase
2015 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel : Eden
2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Novel : Hades

Award nominations
2021 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Gathering Dark
2019 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Gone by Midnight
2018 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Redemption Point
2017 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Crimson Lake
2016 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : Fall


Candice Fox recommends
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The Forsaken (2025)
(Logan Booth, book 1)
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"Matt Rogers is a bright new talent shaking up the genre. A fresh voice you'll get addicted to - fast!"
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Red River Road (2024)
Anna Downes
"Dazzling, compulsive and head-spinningly twisty, Red River Road confirms Downes as one of the brightest stars in psychological suspense."
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The Wrong Man (2024)
(John Bailey, book 5)
Tim Ayliffe
"Detective Holly Sutton is a female crime-fighting super force."

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