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You can find
references to other members of the Halls family on the
Web. Here are a few short descriptions of four
family members.
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Geraldine
Halls
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David Halls
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Naomi Halls
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Julian Halls
Articles
If you're searching for other members of the Halls
family, this page offers a number of links that may help
you. Not all sites are maintained by these members and
some are in fact written by literature critics or
promoters.
Geraldine Halls
(the late)
(Pen name was Charlotte Jay)
Geraldine won the inaugural Mystery Writers of America
Award for her book, Beat not the Bones. The
runner up was Raymond Chandler. She has a lengthy list
of both crime novels in the 1950s and what she described
as her "quality novels" written in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
She spent considerable time in countries such as India
and Pakistan with Jonathan's grandfather, A.J. Halls.
This time inspired a number of her acclaimed novels
including The Silk Project.
Because Geraldine lived for much of her life in Somerset
and Chelsea, England, she sadly never developed a
reputation as an Australian author. To Australians, she
always had a posh English accent. To the Brits, she
wasn't English. Across the Atlantic, she was often
referred to as English.
Here are some links to comments, reviews and infomation on how
to get copies of her books.
Classic Crime Fiction
Wikipedia Bio
How to buy books by
Geraldine Halls
Wakefield Press re-printed
many of her crime thrillers
including the award winning Beat Not the Bones
Amazon provides a list of all winners of the Edgar Allan
Poe Mystery Writers of America awards. (Charlotte Jay
is the first winner in 1954).
History of the Edgar Allan Poe Award
David Halls
David is Jonathan's twin. As a teenager, he used to make
radio programs with Jonathan; but after school, he followed
his interest in jazz. An accomplished Sydney jazz
pianist, David regularly performs at the city's jazz
establishments which have included the Basement and the
Soup Plus. He has two CDs published.
David's band,
La Jinza
is a popular band that regularly plays around Sydney.
Find out more about David at his personal website,
davehalls.com,
which includes audio of his music.
Naomi Halls
Naomi is a specialist in classical flute. She writes,
teaches, adjudicates eisteddfods
and examines students. Based in the Blue Mountains
outside Sydney, Australia, she
has a number of CDs published.
Tarquin Halls
Tarquin, son of Naomi, is a jazz fusion musician. He
often plays to audiences of a thousand and plays with
a number of bands including the
Hours.
Often Tarquin, Naomi and David will perform fusing a
number of different styles: jazz (David), classical
(Naomi) and fusion (Tarquin).
Julian Halls
Julian, who now lives in Tasmania, Australia is an artist
and novelist. He has written a number of books and
plays which include
Port Arthur.
He has an interest in history. Julian is brother to
Jonathan's father, Marcus.
Julian started as a television writer and wrote
television dramas and soap operas which included the
ABC's Certain Women in the early 1970s and
numerous episodes of
The Young Doctors, which were
exported throughout the world. He has also written
radio drama.
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