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Lyn Yeowart
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Lyn Yeowart is a professional writer and editor with more than 25 years of experience in writing and editing everything from captions for artworks to speeches for executives. Her debut novel, The Silent Listener, is loosely based on events from her childhood growing up in rural Victoria. She is now happily ensconced in Melbourne, where there is very little mud, but lots of books.

Books by Lyn Yeowart

The Silent Listener

'A wickedly dark debut - haunting and unputdownable.' Christian White, author of The Nowhere Child

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Lyn Yeowart Q&A

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