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(We live
approximately 25 km north of Melbourne and 10 km from
Tullamarine International
Airport)
    
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Wendy Laing
MA, BA. Dip T.
Author (& part time piano player/composer!)
An Australian writer, part-time housewife with a Teaching Diploma,
a Bachelor of Arts Degree (majors Professional Writing,
Communications) and a Master Of Arts (project/thesis) titled:
'Severance Packages: A crime / paranormal novel and Exegesis focussing
on the Electronic and Digital publication of Creative Writing'.
Wendy's a 'Jill of all trades' as she has been a teacher,
curriculum consultant a travel consultant/manager, ground staff at Melbourne
International airport for Flying Tiger airline, and Cathay Pacific Airways (airport &
city ticket office), and a hobby was a professional dog trainer. Upon
retirement from Cathay, she went back to University obtaining her
under grad BA and and post grad Masters degrees. She has recently revived her piano skills and has composed
two pieces, utilizing her writing skills with Lyrics. Check out her Aussie Anthem further down the page!
Wendy lives with hubby, Dave and their four-pawed family, Kynda, a
loveable labradoodle and much loved ugly duckling in a retirement
estate at Roxburgh Park, Victoria, Australia.
Wendy's
Books:
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Children's Books
Captain Angus, the
Lighthouse Ghost (E-book, Audio book &
Paperback)
Sir Henry, the Knight in
Space (E-book & Audio book)
Poetry Books
Under the Coolabah Tree
(E-book )
Mind's Eye (E-book )
Adult Mystery
books
Flowers from the Grave (E-book
& Audio
book & Paperback)
Cock of the Walk
(E-book, Audio book & Paperback)
Mirror, Mirror…
(co-authored as Dalziel Laing -E-book & Paperback)
Severance Packages
( E-book, Audio book
& Paperback)
Haunted Heart
(next book on writing board!)
Wendy's Music:
You can listen / print & enjoy her music further down the page please note the music is copyright 2013
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Wendy's
Publisher:
WEE = Writer's Exchange E-Publishing,
Australia (e-books or Audio book versions (in download formats) & printed books - click
on the banner to visit the publisher's website
Audio download of books,
playable on any CD player! Narrated by Amy Howard Wilson. Now
available from Writers Exchange
Wendy's amazon page
Wendy is a member of Sisters in Crime
Please have a look at their website on
the following link:
Sisters in Crime
Aussie Anthem - (Pianoforte)
Donor Dance (Orchestration) -
Composed to celebrate my successful kidney donation to my husband, Dave in 2011! this piece is being used by the Royal Melbourne Hospital's Kidney Education program!
I Belong! (Orchestration)
This is my latest piece, reflecting how I feel about returning to my homeland,
CAPTAIN ANGUS, THE LIGHTHOUSE
GHOST
By Wendy Laing
(MID-GRADE
READER - PARANORMAL)
A fun kids ghost adventure, based on the Cape Otway
Lighthouse station
'Captain Angus, the Lighthouse
Ghost' is about two children holidaying at the Cape Otway
Lighthouse Station, Victoria Australia - they meet the ghost of an
old Scottish Sea Captain, and that's when the fun begins.
E-Book or
Audio book or Paperback
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'UNDER
THE COOLABAH TREE'
(second edition) 10 new poems added!
Australian bush poetry.
Sometimes rowdy & always full of Australian humour.
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'FLOWERS
FROM THE GRAVE'
The first in the exciting mystery paranormal series featuring
Inspector Jane Doe, head of the Melbourne Special Homicide Squad.
E-book, Audio book &
Paperback
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'SIR HENRY, THE KNIGHT IN
SPACE'
ISBN 0-9580814-1-7
The ghost of Sir Henry de Bohun from the 14th century
is accidentally beamed up into a spaceship in 3000AD- that's when
the fun begins.
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'MIND'S EYE'
An imagery of remembered scenes from Wendy's life.
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'COCK OF THE WALK'
ISBN 0-9580814-5-X
This
audio book CD set is an intriguing mystery is set in Wendy's home
town of Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, amongst the surrounding vineyards
of the Sunbury Wine region featuring Detective Inspector Andy McNab.
E-book, Audio book
or Paperback
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'MIRROR, MIRROR...'
by Dalziel Laing
(co-authored with Di Dalziel) under the penname Dalziel Laing.
It's an exciting murder mystery/thriller, set in Melbourne,
Australia. Two parallel tales, one spanning 100 years, the other one
week, finally merge as Detective Inspector Georgina Borg desperately
tries to catch a serial killer.
E-book or Paperback
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Vale: Di Dalziel
04-04-1949 –
22-04-2003
Tragically,
my co-writer for this book, Di Dalziel did not see its publication.
She died suddenly at her property, whilst walking around the paddocks
on a beautiful autumn day.
One of
her favourite pastimes was to visit me each Friday. We would spend
the afternoon watching and analysing videos, whilst eating a pull-apart
loaf amply topped with different dips! This was a tradition started
in University days, when we analysed films in Film studies for professional
writing.
The last
series we watched was Di's declared favourite show, as it was romantic,
funny, and included time travel. The plot of the English television
series, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, like this book, Mirror, Mirror
…contained parallel tales that merge at the end of the plot. The
title of this show is apt for her epitaph, both as a dear and loyal
friend and co-author: Goodnight Sweetheart.
Wendy
Laing
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'SEVERANCE
PACKAGES'
Featuring the irrepressible Inspector Jane Doe. The book was part
of Wendy's Master's degree project. This the second of the Inspector Jane Doe series. Another
paranormal mystery with chopped up bodies found at a winery & the
local tip in Sunbury, Wendy's home town!
E-book, Audio Book or Paperback
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'HAUNTED HEART'
The next of this exciting Inspector Jane Doe series is now on
the 'writing board!' Check out the cover, done by Wendy below! (click
for a larger image!)
Inspector Jane Doe is thrust into one of the most puzzling cases
of her career. Oliver confides to Jane, information about a small
girl who is a new patient. The girl has ghostly dreams of violence
and murder. Is this girl's life at threat? Or is there an undiscovered
murder of the donor of her new heart? Jane finds the "Haunted Heart"
giving her horrifying clues!
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