In Conversation with Dinuka McKenzie

Join us in conversation with bestselling author Dinuka McKenzie about her latest book Taken.

Taken follows protagonist Detective Sergeant Kate Miles, who returns from her maternity leave while struggling with the pressure of a second child, financial strain, and a corruption scandal that may involve her father.

When an infant goes missing, Detective Kate Miles finds herself fronting a high-profile and emotionally fraught case. Was baby Sienna removed from her bassinet by an unknown abductor or is the answer much closer to home?

Dinuka McKenzie is an Australian writer. Her debut crime fiction manuscript The Torrent won the 2020 Banjo Prize for fiction and was published in February 2022. Her then unpublished manuscript Taken was longlisted for the 2020 Richell Prize and was published in 2023. Dinuka works in the environmental sector and volunteers as part of the team behind the writers’ Unleashed Festival. She lives in Southern Sydney with her husband, two kids and their pet chicken.