Out NOW Aus/ NZ

With Penguin Random House Australia

Out NOW Aus/ NZ

With Penguin Random House Australia

Release date 9th July 2024

USA with St Martins Press

About the Author

Kerryn Mayne is an author, former wedding photographer and current police officer. When not at work attempting to solve crime, she is writing about it or preparing an endless stream of snacks for her four children. Kerryn lives in the Melbourne suburbs with her husband, four children and a highly suspect lovebird. She only owns 12 copies of The Hobbit (for now).

Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder was her debut novel, released in February 2023. Lenny Marks was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly debut crime award and shortlisted for an Indie Booksellers Award.

Lenny has also been shortlisted for an International Thriller Writers 2024 Best New Novel award and an ABIA award for Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2024.

Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder will be released in the USA with St Martins Press on 9th July 2024.

Joy Moody Is Out Of Time is her second novel and was released with Penguin Random House Australia on 27th February 2024.

Kerryn is still in disbelief that she is a real life, actual, published author.

She is represented by Elaine Spencer of The Knight Agency.

You can find her attempting to be hilarious on Instagram as @kerrynmayneauthor. She forgets about Facebook, but is sometimes there as well. Don’t ask her about X or Tik Tok, she has no idea.

Author photograph by Kelly Dwyer Portraiture

Nice things other authors have said…

  • 'With Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder, Kerryn Mayne makes a very grand entrance into the Australian literary scene. With humour, heart and characters you come to love, this is a book you will devour now, and keep thinking about later!'

    Sally Hepworth

  • 'Devilishly fun: top marks for Lenny Marks!'

    Benjamin Stevenson

    Author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

  • 'An incredible debut which will have you both laughing and crying . . . This is a blackly funny, tender-hearted story of the dark and light of human nature, and ultimately, love, friendship, family and happiness.'

    Petronella McGovern, author of The Liars

  • 'Kerryn Mayne takes readers on a suspenseful, deeply emotional, and sometimes humorous journey. Lenny is a unique and remarkable character, who will have readers cheering for her from the very first page... This stunning debut marks Mayne as a powerful new voice in Australian fiction.'

    Lisa Ireland, author of The Secret Life of Shirley Sullivan

  • Compelling. Mayne breaks your heart and shows how sometimes life’s greatest mystery is the truth of our past.'

    RWR McDonald, author of The Nancys

  • ‘Such a brilliant combination of light and dark, charm and suspense. A debut you won’t forget!’

    Candice Fox, author of The Chase

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