Rural murder manuscript wins journalist $15,000 prize

By Jason Steger
Updated June 1 2015 - 10:13am, first published May 26 2015 - 8:30pm
Jane Harper, winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary award for an unpublished manuscript. Photo: Joe Armao
Jane Harper, winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary award for an unpublished manuscript. Photo: Joe Armao

Jane Harper has taken a significant stride in the footsteps of some of Australia's most successful recent authors by winning this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. The prize has previously gone to writers such as Carrie Tiffany, Graeme Simsion and Maxine Beneba Clarke and given their careers a massive kickstart.

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