Anna Downes in conversation online with Alexandra Larach

Join Sister's in Crime NSW's convenor Alexandra Larach as she sits down with Anna Downes to discuss her recent release Red River Road. 

Red River Road is Anna’s way of reconciling the allure, risks, myths, horror stories and realities of vanlife with contemporary notions of freedom, misogyny and the psychology of trauma. After completing her own campervan trip around the Coral Coast in research for this novel, Anna brings complex characters and vivid landscapes to life. The novel will appeal to fans of outback noir with a female focus, including Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor and films such as The Royal Hotel directed by Kitty Green.

‘An exquisitely tense, thrilling and enjoyable puzzle of a book.’ Christian White

‘Dazzling, compulsive and head-spinningly twisty...’ Candice Fox

Anna Downes

Anna Downes is an actor-turned-author who grew up in Sheffield, UK and now lives on the NSW Central Coast with her family. Her internationally bestselling debut novel, The Safe Place, was published simultaneously in Australia, the US and the UK in 2020, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards. Her second book, The Shadow House, was published in 2021 in Australia and New Zealand, followed by publication in the UK and the USA in 2022. Both have been translated into over ten different languages.