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Martin McKenzie-Murray was The Saturday Paper's chief correspondent, work for which made him both a Walkley and Quills finalist. Before that, he worked as a teacher, speechwriter, Age columnist, and advisor to the chief commissioner of Victoria Police. Elsewhere, his writing has appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly, Guardian Australia, Meanjin, and Best Australian Essays. His first book, A Murder Without Motive- the killing of Rebecca Ryle, was shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing.
Praise for A Murder Without Motive Honest, sympathetic, reflective--this is true crime at its best. A striking debut from McKenzie-Murray, which pursues uncomfortable truths with candour and care. --Damon Young, author of Philosophy in the Garden and Distraction McKenzie-Murray's adolescence is closely entwined with the crime, and his deep, thoughtful examination of the suburban male psyche is one of the many strengths of this remarkable book...Insightful and eloquent...His immaculate prose cuts cleanly through the social murk, and his clarity of vision renders the complicated ideas of male aggression and the ugly side effects of suburban malaise at once shocking and shockingly readable. --Michaela McGuire, The Saturday Age [T]akes an unorthodox but illuminating approach to his subject, beginning with introspection and, perhaps, atonement...McKenzie-Murray firmly rejects the proposition that the murder was an aberration in a life otherwise considered normal , something Duggan's defence counsel submitted in the absence of a criminal history. Indeed the notion of normality , particularly in the light of Duggan's heinous crime, meets with the author's disdain. --Martin Leonard, Weekend Australian
