I am thrilled that my novel Finding Jasper has been long listed for the 2013 Dobbie Literary Award, a category of "The Kibble Awards" open to Australian women writers.

The long listed authors will be announced on Thursday 11 April at 9am.

The short listed authors will be contacted in the coming month and will be announced to the public on Wednesday 5 June. The winners of both the Kibble Literary Award and the Dobbie Literary Award will be announced on Wednesday 24 July.

Congratulations to all those long listed for "The Kibble Awards".