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Sherryl Clark

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Some of my first short stories were crime fiction, and although in the last 20 years I have focused a lot more on writing children's and YA books, I've kept going with my crime writing. The first two novels are now stowed somewhere in the back of my filing cabinet!
But "Trust Me, I'm Dead", first draft written in 2009, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger and then published by Verve Books in the UK. What a journey with that novel. I love the character, a grumpy woman (secretly modelled on a young Judi Dench), and couldn't let go of the story. Nine drafts later ...
More about my crime writing and books at www.sherrylclarkcrimewriter.com

I have been writing poems and stories for over twenty-five years, and have two collections of poetry pub ...more

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	Trust Me, I'm Dead (Judi Westerholme #1) 3.79 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2019 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Perfect Pirouette 3.96 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meet Rose (Our Australian Girl - Rose, #1) by Sherryl Clark (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dying to Tell Me 3.85 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mina and the whole wide world 4.46 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose in Bloom (Our Australian Girl - Rose, #4) by Sherryl Clark (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.87 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose on Wheels (Our Australian Girl - Rose, #2) by Sherryl Clark (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rose's Challenge (Our Australian Girl - Rose, #3) by Sherryl Clark (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Gone (Judi Westerholme #2) 3.97 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Too Tight Tutu by Sherryl Clark (Goodreads Author), Cathy Wilcox (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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