Sandi Wallace

Sandi Wallace is an award-winning Australian crime writer. Her latest publication is WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW, a hauntingly-human psychological suspense–thriller layered with tension, twists and creeping unease. Mystery writer Tess and her travelling salesman husband Joe are living a seemingly perfect island life. It all unravels under the weight of secrets, mistrust and buried trauma. And they discover that what you don’t know… will hurt you.

“Sandi Wallace has crafted an unsettling claustrophobic tale of small-town secrets, ramping up the tension inexorably towards an explosive climax.”—Alan Carter, Ned Kelly and Ngaio Marsh Award-winning author

“Tense, twisty, terrific.”—Vanda Symon, bestselling author of the CWA New Blood Dagger Award-shortlisted Detective Sam Shephard series

“A web of secrets and lies kept me turning the pages as Sandi Wallace took me on a deliciously tense and suspenseful journey… A true ‘just one more chapter’ read!”—Nikki Crutchley, finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Awards

Sandi is also the author of four contemporary rural crime thrillers starring Melbourne journalist Georgie Harvey and Daylesford police officer John Franklin: TELL ME WHY (winner of the Davitt Award Readers’ Choice and shortlisted for the Davitt’s Best Debut), DEAD AGAIN, INTO THE FOG and BLACK CLOUD. The books can be enjoyed as a series or as standalones.

Sandi has earned several Scarlet Stiletto Awards and commendations and been a finalist in other contests for her short crime fiction. Some of these short stories are included in her two collections ON THE JOB and MURDER IN THE MIDST.

Sandi’s “writer’s apprenticeship” included gathering fodder for her stories from stints as banker, paralegal, cabinetmaker, office manager, executive assistant, personal trainer, journalist… and life. She nearly joined Victoria Police but instead, chased her writing dream.

At work on her next thriller, Sandi lives on Millowl / Phillip Island off the southern coast of Victoria, Australia with her husband. She loves to hear from her readers – all the wonderful messages, emails and reviews keep her writing. Stay in touch by joining her on her socials or her website.