Without any research, the angle of the hat would indicate Spencer Tracey. Pardon my spelling. Never my strong suite & getting worse.
ballast2 said
03:49 PM Mar 11, 2020
G'day Sheba. I saw your post in Hints Tips and Great ideas, looked him up to see what he wrote and saw the picture. I sorta think it's cheating so I won't name him.
Cheers.
sandman55 said
05:35 PM Mar 11, 2020
I think I need a hint to get started
Sheba said
07:37 PM Mar 11, 2020
What's the difference between using that info., and the clues we give ? Don't be silly. Go for it !!!
ballast2 said
10:01 PM Mar 11, 2020
G;day Sheba. Thanks. He is Ion Idriess.
Cheers,
Sheba said
10:43 PM Mar 11, 2020
Sure is Jack. Off you go.
Ion Llewellyn Idriess (1889-1979), author, was born on 20 September 1889 at Waverley, Sydney, son of Walter Owen Idriess, sheriff's officer from Wales, and his native-born wife Juliette Windeyer, née Edmunds. Registered as Ion Windeyer at birth, he liked to be known as 'Jack'.
With the help of Google and my keyboard Maclean author and volunteer fire fighter, Peter Watt.
ballast2 said
11:04 AM Mar 12, 2020
G'day sandman55. Bugga. Was hoping the uniform would throw people off. Yep that's him. I love his books.
Who do you have for us?
Cheers.
Peter Watt Author Bio
Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives at Maclean, on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Fishing and the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life.
sandman55 said
02:25 PM Mar 12, 2020
Thanks ballast2 it was the name on the door of the truck and Google that got me there. Now for you book worms who is this Lady
No Takers? Well this lady is an Australian Authoress
ballast2 said
10:18 PM Mar 13, 2020
G'day sandman55. Thank you for that. Is she Jane Harper?
Cheers.
sandman55 said
10:29 PM Mar 13, 2020
You've got her ballast2 she has written some good books. Over to you for a pic.
Jane Harper (born 1980) is an Australian author known for her crime novelsThe Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man.[1]
Early life
Born in Manchester in the UK, Harper moved to Australia with her family when she was eight. There, she lived in Boronia, Victoria, and eventually acquired Australian citizenship. As a teen, Harper returned to the UK with her family and resided in Hampshire. Later, she attended the University of Kent and studied English. After spending time working on her career, she moved back to Australia.[2]
Career
After graduating with an entry level journalism qualification, she got her first job at the Darlington & Stockton Times as a trainee in County Durham.[3] Later in her journalism career, she earned the title as a senior news journalist for the Hull Daily Mail.[4] In 2011, she became a journalist for the Herald Sun.[5][6] Harper worked as a print journalist for 13 years before writing her first novel, The Dry, which was published in 2016.
The Dry
The Dry, Harper's first novel, is a thriller set in a fictional town five hours west of Melbourne.[7] A Federal Agent, Aaron Falk, returns to his old hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood best friend, Luke. Falk teams up with a local detective and tries to uncover the truth behind Luke's sudden mysterious death, only to find more questions than answers.[8]
Force of Nature
Harper's second thriller is set in the thickly forested mountains north-east of Melbourne, featuring Federal Agent Aaron Falk. A group from a Melbourne company go on a retreat in the mountains, where one of the women disappears. Falk has been investigating the company for financial irregularities, and the woman was his secret informer.[9][10]
The Lost Man
Harper's third murder mystery is set in south-west Queensland on a large cattle station. The police find nothing in Cameron Bright's death from dehydration to suggest foul play, and the investigation is carried out informally by the dead man's elder brother Nathan.[11][12]
Awards and recognition
In 2014, Big Issue published one of Harper's short stories.[13] Soon after, in the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards in 2015, Harper won an award for an unpublished manuscript (The Dry).[14] In 2017, Harper won the Gold ABIA for Book of the Year for The Dry,[15] and the Gold Dagger awarded by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom for the best crime novel of the year.[16] Harper became a New York Times bestselling author for The Dry.[17]Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to The Dry in order to turn it into a movie.[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harper
ballast2 said
03:21 PM Mar 14, 2020
Thanks sandman55. Please call me Jack. I haven't read any of her books. will have to find some.
OK all who is this? Should be an easy one.
Cheers
-- Edited by ballast2 on Saturday 14th of March 2020 03:22:37 PM
sandman55 said
04:02 PM Mar 14, 2020
Ok Jack and you can call me Sandy. I'll have a stab is she Elizabeth MacArthur
ballast2 said
06:48 PM Mar 14, 2020
G'day Sandy. Thanks. Sorry not her. I think it is a bit early for clues.
Cheers.
Bill B said
07:28 PM Mar 14, 2020
An authoress with links to N.T. ?
ballast2 said
11:23 PM Mar 14, 2020
G'day Bill B. Do you have a name?
Cheers.
Sheba said
12:30 AM Mar 15, 2020
Louisa Lawson ?
Cupie said
09:50 AM Mar 15, 2020
Bill B wrote:
An authoress with links to N.T. ?
Bill Knows .. Initials A G ... His clue gave me the lead to perhaps the only Author of that era that I know.
C'mon Bill tell us all & win the prize.
(I'll look a goose if I'm wrong .. unlikely though as Dr.Google found that same photo for me)
DMaxer said
11:27 AM Mar 15, 2020
Is it Jeannie Gunn who wrote We of the Never Never?
ballast2 said
11:34 AM Mar 15, 2020
G'day Bill B.Do you want to name her so the game goes on?
Cheers
ballast2 said
11:50 AM Mar 15, 2020
G'day DMaxer. That's her. Who do you have for us?
Cheers.
Jeannie Gunn
Australian novelist
Description
Jeannie Gunn OBE was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia volunteer. Wikipedia
That had me a bit confused ... not too hard to do these days , but this explained it all ...
"Jeannie GunnOBE (pen name, Mrs Aeneas Gunn) (5 June 1870 9 June 1961)" I was only familiar with her Pen name.
-- Edited by Cupie on Sunday 15th of March 2020 01:52:14 PM
sandman55 said
04:44 PM Mar 15, 2020
My Wife who is a reader tells me that she had the homestead at Mataranka one of my favourites. I like hot springs
ballast2 said
05:00 PM Mar 15, 2020
G'day Sheba,Sandy or anyone who wishes please post a picture. I am preparing for 3 months on the road (all being well and no further restrictions) departing Friday.
Cheers.
Sorry, double up.
-- Edited by Sheba on Wednesday 11th of March 2020 02:06:39 AM
Thanks Cupie. I'm a night-owl. Not always up that late though. Try this one.
Without any research, the angle of the hat would indicate Spencer Tracey. Pardon my spelling. Never my strong suite & getting worse.
G'day Sheba. I saw your post in Hints Tips and Great ideas, looked him up to see what he wrote and saw the picture. I sorta think it's cheating so I won't name him.
Cheers.
I think I need a hint to get started
What's the difference between using that info., and the clues we give ? Don't be silly. Go for it !!!
G;day Sheba. Thanks. He is Ion Idriess.
Cheers,
Sure is Jack. Off you go.
Ion Llewellyn Idriess (1889-1979), author, was born on 20 September 1889 at Waverley, Sydney, son of Walter Owen Idriess, sheriff's officer from Wales, and his native-born wife Juliette Windeyer, née Edmunds. Registered as Ion Windeyer at birth, he liked to be known as 'Jack'.
Written works
See all (20+)Forty Fathoms Deep
The Cattle King
The Desert Column
Gold Dust and Ashes
Flynn of the Inland
Timeline
In 1913 he moved to Cape York Peninsula, where he lived with an Aboriginal clan, learning their customs and lifestyle.
With the outbreak of war, in 1914 he returned to Townsville and enlisted in the 5th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, as a trooper.
His first book was Madman's Island, published in 1927 at the age of 38, and his last was written at the age of 79.
The Great Boomerang written by Ion Idriess was first published in 1941.
Across the Nullarbor written by Ion Idriess was first published in 1951.
Idriess died at a nursing home in Mona Vale in Sydney on 6 June 1979, at the age of 89.
He wrote over 50 [I think] books.
Thanks Sheba. I had not heard of him and without your other post probably would not have found him. Will have to try one of his books.
Ok. Who is this?
Cheers.
-- Edited by ballast2 on Wednesday 11th of March 2020 11:53:31 PM
With the help of Google and my keyboard
Maclean author and volunteer fire fighter, Peter Watt.
Who do you have for us?
Cheers.
Peter Watt Author Bio
Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives at Maclean, on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Fishing and the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life.
Thanks ballast2 it was the name on the door of the truck and Google that got me there. Now for you book worms who is this Lady
No Takers? Well this lady is an Australian Authoress
G'day sandman55. Thank you for that. Is she Jane Harper?
Cheers.
You've got her ballast2 she has written some good books. Over to you for a pic.
Jane Harper (born 1980) is an Australian author known for her crime novels The Dry, Force of Nature and The Lost Man.[1]
Early life
Born in Manchester in the UK, Harper moved to Australia with her family when she was eight. There, she lived in Boronia, Victoria, and eventually acquired Australian citizenship. As a teen, Harper returned to the UK with her family and resided in Hampshire. Later, she attended the University of Kent and studied English. After spending time working on her career, she moved back to Australia.[2]
Career
After graduating with an entry level journalism qualification, she got her first job at the Darlington & Stockton Times as a trainee in County Durham.[3] Later in her journalism career, she earned the title as a senior news journalist for the Hull Daily Mail.[4] In 2011, she became a journalist for the Herald Sun.[5][6] Harper worked as a print journalist for 13 years before writing her first novel, The Dry, which was published in 2016.
The Dry
The Dry, Harper's first novel, is a thriller set in a fictional town five hours west of Melbourne.[7] A Federal Agent, Aaron Falk, returns to his old hometown to attend the funeral of his childhood best friend, Luke. Falk teams up with a local detective and tries to uncover the truth behind Luke's sudden mysterious death, only to find more questions than answers.[8]
Force of Nature
Harper's second thriller is set in the thickly forested mountains north-east of Melbourne, featuring Federal Agent Aaron Falk. A group from a Melbourne company go on a retreat in the mountains, where one of the women disappears. Falk has been investigating the company for financial irregularities, and the woman was his secret informer.[9][10]
The Lost Man
Harper's third murder mystery is set in south-west Queensland on a large cattle station. The police find nothing in Cameron Bright's death from dehydration to suggest foul play, and the investigation is carried out informally by the dead man's elder brother Nathan.[11][12]
Awards and recognition
In 2014, Big Issue published one of Harper's short stories.[13] Soon after, in the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards in 2015, Harper won an award for an unpublished manuscript (The Dry).[14] In 2017, Harper won the Gold ABIA for Book of the Year for The Dry,[15] and the Gold Dagger awarded by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom for the best crime novel of the year.[16] Harper became a New York Times bestselling author for The Dry.[17]Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to The Dry in order to turn it into a movie.[18]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harper
Thanks sandman55. Please call me Jack. I haven't read any of her books. will have to find some.
OK all who is this? Should be an easy one.
Cheers
-- Edited by ballast2 on Saturday 14th of March 2020 03:22:37 PM
Ok Jack and you can call me Sandy. I'll have a stab is she Elizabeth MacArthur
Cheers.
Cheers.
Louisa Lawson ?
Bill Knows .. Initials A G ... His clue gave me the lead to perhaps the only Author of that era that I know.
C'mon Bill tell us all & win the prize.
(I'll look a goose if I'm wrong .. unlikely though as Dr.Google found that same photo for me)
Is it Jeannie Gunn who wrote We of the Never Never?
Cheers
G'day DMaxer. That's her. Who do you have for us?
Cheers.
Description
Jeannie Gunn OBE was an Australian novelist, teacher and Returned and Services League of Australia volunteer. WikipediaG'day Sheba. Sorry not her.
Cheers.
Hi Ballast. Unfortunately I can't post a photo at the moment so would you be kind enough to have another turn.
That had me a bit confused ... not too hard to do these days , but this explained it all ...
"Jeannie Gunn OBE (pen name, Mrs Aeneas Gunn) (5 June 1870 9 June 1961)" I was only familiar with her Pen name.
-- Edited by Cupie on Sunday 15th of March 2020 01:52:14 PM
My Wife who is a reader tells me that she had the homestead at Mataranka one of my favourites. I like hot springs
Cheers.