Adrian Hyland

Adrian Hyland is an Australian writer of non-fiction and crime fiction.

Life Hyland lived for many years in outback communities of Australia after graduating from Melbourne University in literature, classics and Chinese language. Family circumstances brought him and his wife back to Victoria, where he now lives.

Writing career Hyland's two crime novels feature young indigenous woman Emily Tempest, the daughter of an Aboriginal mother and white father who has studied at Melbourne University. In the first novel, Diamond Dove, she is an amateur detective, but by the second, Gunshot Road, she is employed as an Aboriginal community police officer.

Other novels Canticle Creek (2021)

Non-fiction Kinglake 350 (2011)

Awards 2007 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing—Best First Novel for Diamond Dove 2010 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award for Gunshot Road 2012 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Awards—Non-Fiction Prize for Kinglake 350