Outrageous Fortunes

<p><!-- wp:heading --></p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Mary Fortune, Australia’s first woman crime writer</h2> <p><!-- /wp:heading --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><em>Speakers: Lucy Sussex in conversation with Jane Sullivan</em></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Lucy Sussex, author of <em>Blockbuster</em> about Fergus Hume, the biggest selling crime fiction writer of the 19th century, has now published, in collaboration with Megan Brown, the story of Mary Fortune, a pioneering crime writer from 19th century Victoria. Join Lucy in conversation with Jane Sullivan, literary columnist and crime fiction author, to learn more about the outrageous fortunes of crime – writer Mary and her criminal son George. <em>Outrageous Fortunes</em> (Black Inc.), and some of Fortune’s detective stories, <em>Nothing but Murders</em> (Verse Chorus Press) will be available for purchase and signing.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><strong>Presented by: Rare Books Melbourne</strong> in partnership with<strong> </strong>the<strong> Melbourne Athenaeum Library</strong><br />at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>