The Mannequin Makers. Craig Cliff

A Commonwealth Prize Winner and often featured in “Best of” lists for writing from Australia and New Zealand, author is well positioned to break out with his first work to be published outside of his region Expecting blurbs from Eowyn Ivey ( The Snow Child ), Eleanor Catton (Man Booker prize winner), with a likely blurb from Jim Shepard A literary title, that contains universal questions about the ego, imitation, and the artistic process, but also a deeply engaging, haunting thriller Author participated in the University of Iowa’s International Writer’s Program, led by Christopher Merrill, and lived in Iowa City for four months, cementing strong connections with the literary community in the US