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Occupation
  
Author and barrister

Nationality
  
Australian


Name
  
Richard Beasley

Role
  
Author

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Notable works
  
Hell Has Harbour Views The Ambulance Chaser

Education
  
University of Sydney, University of Adelaide

Books
  
Me and Rory Macbeath, Hell Has Harbour Views, The Ambulance Chaser

Richard Beasley (born 1964) is an Australian author and barrister.

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Early life and career

Beasley grew up in Adelaide, South Australia and completed undergraduate studies at the University of Adelaide before moving to Sydney where he completed postgraduate studies at the University of Sydney. He then moved to Melbourne and worked as a solicitor until 1997. He was admitted as a barrister in Victoria in 1997. Richard Beasley is married and has a daughter Elizabeth and twin sons: James and Nicholas.

Writing career

Beasley has published four novels, Hell Has Harbour Views (2001) and The Ambulance Chaser (2004). The books are both set in Sydney and are about corrupt law firms and insurance companies respectively. His first novel was adapted as a television film, first aired on Australian ABC TV in 2005.

His third novel "Me and Rory Macbeath" (2013) (see https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/richard-beasley/me-and-rory-macbeath.htm) is set in Adelaide, South Australia and is a story of friendship of two young boys - and lives changed forever.

His fourth novel "Cyanide Games" (2016) is the first of the Peter Tanner Thriller series. (see https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/richard-beasley/cyanide-games.htm)

References

Richard Beasley (author) Wikipedia