Author taken down over co-writing criminal’s book

3 comments on “Author taken down over co-writing criminal’s book”

1. Paul Wright says:
   July 28th, 2009 at 1:15 am

   Well this doesn’t surprise me for Western Australia. What a cowboy state.
   They put Andrew Mallard away for 12 years for a murder he did not committ.
   The prosecutor and the two head cops involved in framing him were allowed to resign their jobs and
   receive generous golden handshakes from the government. It’s crazy. Now they are
   trying to take the assets of an author who just wrote about a crime.
   This is the thin edge of the wedge. If they are successful in pinning Flett,
   then they will start on the media, book shops and publishers next. Mark my words, it is
   the worse police state in Australia.

2. Franklin Carter says:
   July 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm

   Where is Rupert Murdoch when his country needs him?

3. Kingsley Flett says:
   October 25th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

   Hello,

   I spied this blog when I did a search on my own name within facebook (to test my privacy settings,
   not for an ego-google I promise ;) ) The comment by George ‘but something in me wonders of there is
   something more’ – illustrates one of the reasons why I am currently considering taking
   personal legal action against officials within the WA DPP to recover damage that this episode
   has caused my reputation. I’m often confronted by ‘where there is smoke there must be fire’ style
   comments that allude to my relationship with Dave Everett going beyond my writing his story
   for him.

   Have a listen here if you want some more info….

   [see link in name above]

   The truth is far more mundane. I’m a biomechanist/exercise physiologist by training. A career that,
   as with most writers I know, snuck up on me my while I was hatching dreams of literary stardom. I’d done
   some part time writing and freelance photojournalism but it had never paid the bills. Dave is a friend
   of a friend. When he approached me I saw the opportunity to get a book out there. It took us
   four years to put it together before we approached some publishers via the literary agents
   Curtis Brown and ther rest, well, you can read that in the news articles.

   There’s been plenty of positives from the experience despite the current dramas. I know what it
   takes to write a book and get it published now. I’ve also made valuable contacts within the publishing
   industry. The 6 months spent editing with Bridget Maidment at Penguin felt like the equivalent
   of getting a masters degree in creative writig. I’ve got mates who play golf and I say to them
   ‘Imagine if you got to work with one of the countries top golf coaches, full-time, for 6months. How
   much would you pay for that?’

   The negatives? Well imagine someone coming into your house and stealing what you have worked hard for.
   That’s precisely what it feels like to have your bank accounts frozen, without warning. Then I’ve
   had to engage expensive legal counsel to try and win the royalties back- with no guarantee of winning.
   If I lose I’ll not only lose my royalties but will have to pay my own legal fees that will be in
   the region of $20,000 and the DPP’s court costs, which will be similiar.

   Go on – I dare you. Try to find a way to make that sound fair.

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