Estelle Thompson

Estelle May Thompson (1930–2003) was an Australian crime fiction writer, author of 16 novels and one biographical memoir.

Her crime thrillers have been published worldwide in hardcover and paperback, most also in large print editions, Braille and/or as audio cassettes.

[2] Three of Thompson's novels where nominated for the Miles Franklin Literary Award: The Lawyer and the Carpenter in 1963; The Edge of Nowhere in 1965; and The Wrong Saturday in 1968.

[3][4][5] Thompson's sixth novel, Find a Crooked Sixpence, was serialised in The Australian Women's Weekly.

[7] Was du nicht weisst, macht dich nicht tot, (German edition) Scherz, 1982, ISBN 3502508550 Le verger de la peur : roman, (French edition) Les Editions Mondiales, 1962 De fatale zaterdag, translated into Dutch by J. C. Torringa-Timmer, Davidsfond, 1974, ISBN 9061520150 Lourd de menaces, translated into French by C. Wourgaft, Gallimard, 1970 Tödlicher Hass : Roman, (German edition) Wilhelm Heyne, 1975, ISBN 345311129X Eine feine Familie, translated into German by Ingrid Herrmann, Scherz, 1982, ISBN 3502508712 Der blinde Jager, (German edition) Scherz, 1982, ISBN 3502508356