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Charlotte McConaghy

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Charlotte McConaghy is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestseller Wild Dark Shore, as well as the New York Times Bestseller Once There Were Wolves winner of the Indie Book Award for Fiction 2022 and the Davitt Award for Best Adult Crime Novel 2022; and the international bestseller Migrations, a TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year and the Amazon Best Fiction Book of the Year for 2020. Her books have been translated into more than 25 languages and are being adapted for film and television. She lives in Sydney with her partner and two children.

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