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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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Award-winning and shortlisted books of 2022

Discover the best Penguin Random House books of 2022 with this list of award-winning and shortlisted titles this year.

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Why the Australian outback makes a perfect setting for crime novels

An intro to the bourgeoning genre of outback noir.

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Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlist revealed

We're excited to announce four of our authors have made it to the shortlist.

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Indie Book Awards 2022 longlist announced

Congratulations to our five authors who have been longlisted for the awards.

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The Silent Listener book club notes

Take your reading group into the dark, gothic heart of rural Australia.

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Lyn Yeowart Q&A

The Silent Listener author on the best and hardest things about finishing her debut novel.