Vanda Symon is a crime writer and broadcaster from Dunedin, New Zealand. Books in her Sam Shephard series have hit number one on the New Zealand bestseller list, and she has been a three-time finalist for the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel. When she is not writing, Vanda can be found busy in the garden, or on the business end of a fencing foil.

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