Michael Robotham
Australian author Michael Robotham has won the year’s best crime writer after he received the prestigious UK Crime Writer’s Association Gold Dagger award. Robotham’s novel, titled ‘Life or Death’, beat other shortlisted authors that included The Silkworm by JK Rowling, and sci-fi writer Stephen King’s Mr Mercedes. ‘Life or Death’ tells the story of a Texan prisoner who escapes jail a day before he is due to be released.