with an open hand. The Australian published an apology to Newhouse from Overington over what as described as "an encounter" in December 2007. Overington's first novel, Ghost Child was released in 2009 to both literary and popular acclaim. The book was short-listed for the Davitt Prize for Best Adult Crime Novel. Her second novel, I Came To Say Goodbye, was short-listed for Book of the Year and Fiction Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards in 2010. The novel Matilda is Missing, released in 2011, told the tale of a divorce custody case, through the eyes of a court-appointed psychologist. In 2014, Overington's book Last Woman Hanged was released, documenting the results of her five-year investigation into the conviction and execution of Louisa Collins in New South Wales in 1889. In the book, Overington claims that Collins, who was tried four times for murder, suffered a miscarriage of justice and may well have been innocent. Overington linked the trial to Australian colonial history and to the early suffragette movement in Australia. Her book, Missing William Tyrrell (2020), concerns the real-life case of William Tyrrell, who disappeared from Kendall on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales in 2014. Overington has said she wrote the book because "now is not the time to give up" looking for him. The book was inspired by a 9-part Australian crime podcast called Nowhere Child she hosted on the Tyrrell case, produced by The Australian, that aired from July to September 2019. In 2021, she was appointed literary editor at The Australian newspaper. Personal life Overington has homes in Bondi, Australia and Santa Monica, California. Her partner is writer Gideon Haigh. Awards and prizes 2004 – Joint winner of the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism for the Norma Khouri Investigation 2006 – Awarded the second annual Sir Keith Murdoch Award for Journalism 2007 – Winner of the Walkley Award for Investigative Journalism for coverage of the AWB Kickback Scandal 2008 – Winner of the Blake Dawson Waldron Prize for Business Literature 2015 – Winner of the Davitt (Non-Fiction) Award for Crime Writing Works Non-fiction Fiction The Lucky One. HarperCollins. 2017. . One Chance. Audible Originals. 2021. The Cuckoo's Cry. HarperCollins. 2021. Looking for Eden. Audible Originals. 2023. References External links Living people 1970 births Australian women journalists Journalists from Melbourne Walkley Award winners Deakin University alumni The Australian journalists 21st-century Australian