Candice Fox

Candice Fox is a popular novelist from Australia, who is famous for writing mystery, crime fiction, thriller, and suspense books. She has won the Ned Kelly Award in 2014 for her novel titled Hades in the category of the best debut novel. Fox won the same award again in the next year for her second book, Eden. Apart from this, she has been shortlisted for the prestigious award in 2016, and for the Davitt Award for 2 different novels in 2015. Author Fox is particularly famous for writing the detective fiction series, Archer & Bennett. In writing the second crime fiction series of her writing career, Detective Harriet Blue, author Fox collaborated with the bestselling author named James Patterson. Fox was born in Bankstown, New South Wales, located near Sydney’s western suburbs. Author Fox belongs to a large family with many members. She has served for some time in the Royal Navy of Australia. Following this, she completed her study at the university level and also taught there for a brief period. Author Fox is the middle child of her parents. Her family is comprised of many adopted, pseudo, and half-siblings. Her father used to work as a parole officer, while her mother was an enthusiastic care taker of a foster care. As a child, author Fox used to hide around corners and listen to the tales of evil, madness, and violence that her father used to say to her older brothers and her mother from his work. She has spent a number of her Christmases by visiting the correctional facilities in Sydney along with her family.