Very happy to be included in Read NZ Writers Files
R. W. R. McDonald is a New Zealander living in Melbourne, Australia, with an education in both business and writing. He published his first novel, The Nancys- a story about an amateur detective’s club-in 2019, with resounding positive feedback.
The Nancys review by @Alysontheblog
The Nancys is a romp of a murder mystery. It is also about just being who you are and feeling OK about that and knowing it is OK to feel sad sometimes, and about celebrating the best of people while being a bit relaxed about their letting us down occasionally, unless that entails unrepentance, abusiveness or cutting people’s heads off. In some ways The Nancys is a traditional murder mystery, in others it is refreshing and novel – not least by having an 11-year-old main protagonist in a book written for adults.