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In June 1880, the reign of Australia's most famous bushrangers, the Kelly Gang, ended - guns blazing - in a fiery siege at the Glenrowan Inn. Ned Kelly survived, only to be hanged four months later. In this re-imagining of Australia's most notorious bushranger, Ned is given the chance to keep his band of brothers together and build a better life. What unfolds is the human side of four outlaws who are remembered as much for their anarchy and rebellion as their crimes. Ned Kelly. The life that might have been. The future he dreamed of. Such is life. Gritty, thrilling ... clever fiction. The author cleverly weaves fact and fiction together, remaining respectful to those involved.
About the author
By day, Nicole Kelly works as a primary school teacher,
instilling a love of reading and writing in her small charges.
The in between hours are filled with her own stories and
writing. Nicole has short stories published in the
anthologies, Close to Heaven and Just Alice. She lives in rural
Victoria with her husband and two young children.
Lament is her debut novel. Lament shortlisted in the Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript
Development Prize 2020.
