Lyn Yeowart for Warrnambool Library

Join critically acclaimed author Lyn Yeowart to celebrate her latest gripping book The Hollow Girl. A captivating and devasting crime novel, The Hollow Girl draws from the harrowing accounts of real women across Australia. This special author event will delve into Yeowart's inspiration as she discusses the stories behind the pages and shares insights into her writing.

It’s 1961 and Jane McEvoy, unaware of how she became pregnant, is sent to Harrowford Hall, an institution that has long claimed to be a sanctuary for girls in crisis. Meanwhile, the newest arrival, Marilyn Pollard, horrified by what she sees and hears, is desperate to escape. Twelve years later, in 1973, Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is assigned her first homicide when the body of Nurse Chapman is discovered at Harrowford Hall. But the home’s overgrown graveyard suggests Nurse Chapman's poisoning may not be the first suspicious death at Harrowford Hall…

About Lyn

Lyn Yeowart is a consulting writer and editor who lives on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. Her debut novel, The Silent Listener, won the 2022 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, was a finalist in the UK People’s Book Prize, and was shortlisted for three other national awards in Australia. The Hollow Girl, her second novel, will publish in September 2025.