AWW22 The Centred Victim - Jacqueline Bublitz and Laura Elizabeth Woollett
Chaired by Angela Savage.
\nTurning the crime genre on its head, Jacqueline Bublitz\u2019s Before You Knew My Name and Laura Elizabeth Woollett\u2019s The Newcomer both centre the victim in their stories of violent death and the investigations that follow. The haunting, strangely joyous Before You Knew My Name tells of Alice Lee arriving in New York with just a camera and hope, destined to be a Jane Doe one month later. The Newcomer, which fictionalises an infamous 2002 murder on Norfolk Island, is a smart, provocative portrait of prejudice, violence and grief.