The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzie with Michelle Barraclough

Dinuka McKenzie presents her debut crime novel, The Torrent, the story of a husband lost to devastating summer floods, and a teenage girl injured during a robbery.

In conversation with writer and podcaster, Michelle Barraclough.

Dinuka McKenzie is an Australian writer. Her debut crime fiction manuscript The Torrent won the 2020 Banjo Prize for fiction and was published by HarperCollins Australia in February 2022. Her unpublished manuscript Taken was longlisted for the 2020 Richell Prize and will be published in 2023. When not writing, Dinuka works in the environmental sector and volunteers as part of the team behind the Writers’ Unleashed Festival. She lives in Southern Sydney on Dharawal Country with her husband, two kids and their pet chicken.

Michelle Barraclough is a writer and podcaster whose first novel was Highly Commended in the 2017 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. She is currently working on her second novel in between deep dive interviews with authors about writing craft and process on her monthly podcast Writers Book Club. In her day job, Michelle designs gorgeous websites for authors at Fresh Web Design. She was also the marketing manager for StoryFest, a writers' festival on the NSW south coast, for four years.