Verney, Jay

Jay Verney is an Australian writer who has published two novels, Percussion (University of Queensland Press, UQP), and A Mortality Tale (Allen & Unwin, 1st Edition; UQP, 2nd Edition), and a stack of other stuff including essays, articles, memoir, opinion pieces, newspaper columns, movie reviews, poetry, short stories, and theses. A Mortality Tale was shortlisted for two of the most prestigious Australian literary awards, the Australian/Vogel and Miles Franklin Literary Awards, and Percussion got some pretty good reviews, too. Jay has a PhD (in genre and crime fiction), and a Master's degree (m...