Summer of Blood

Dave Warner is an author, screenwriter and musician from Australian, born in 1953. City of Light was his first novel published in 1995. He has written seven more novels and five nonfiction books. He was the winner of the 2016 Ned Kelly Awards best novel category for Before It Breaks, given by the Australian Crime Writers Association.

He was the leader of the band Dave Warner from the Suburbs. They released albums in the 1970s and 1980s.

He was awarded the living treasures award 2015 from the Western Australian state government. The award is given to `highly regarded and skilled' career artists who have worked within or created work about Western Australia, passed on their knowledge to other artists, and demonstrated a commitment or contribution to the Western Australian arts sector.

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