Yvonne Walus

You won’t believe this, but when I’m not a novelist I’m actually a Doctor of Mathematics. A business and data analyst. A wife and a mother. Most of all though – I am a writer (in several languages) hoping to change the world one book at a time.

My heritage is inter-continental. I was born and raised in Poland. When I was twelve, my family and I emigrated to South Africa. Your teenage years are usually your formative years, so it’s no surprise I consider South Africa my second homeland. For the past twenty years, I’ve lived in New Zealand, and people ‘back home’ tell me I’ve become a real Kiwi.

Crime fiction is my passion. My childhood hero was, predictably, Hercule Poirot. I’ve changed my mind several times since, and for a time I was totally into Harlan Coben’s super-rich super-able Win (Windsor Horne Lockwood), but my current favourite is Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch… I mean, Sherlock Holmes.

Other Awards

“Welcome to Perfectville” was a finalist in the 2023 Page Turner Awards general manuscript section;
“Welcome to Perfectville” was the winner of the 2023 Page Turner Awards Sci Fi section.
“Right Place Wrong Time” was highly commended in the Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2024 run by the Crime Writers Association.
“The Wrong Girl” won third place in the 2024 Novel London Literary Competition.