The veteran ABC investigative journalist says writing Pheasants Nest was a kind of therapy for the secondary trauma she has experienced on the job.
In Louise Milligan 's debut novel, Pheasants Nest, journalist Kate Delaney goes missing after a night out in Melbourne's inner north.
In Pheasants Nest, Milligan explores a different narrative: What would happen if a woman in a similar situation survived the attack?As a busy journalist juggling work and family commitments, Milligan is very familiar with the long road between Sydney and Melbourne."I always found that stretch of road the Southern Highlands … and the lower outskirts of Sydney quite a creepy, gothic sort of place — because I knew the stories," she says.
In a series of stories published in 2013, Milligan revealed the poor treatment many police officers received from the NSW Police insurer when they were off work due to PTSD. He is forced to return to work despite still suffering symptoms such as flashbacks, anxiety and stress-induced giant urticaria. This makes his skin break out in angry red welts.
Milligan's coverage of the royal commission led her to an investigation of Cardinal George Pell. Next were her two acclaimed non-fiction books — the Walkley award-winning Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell and Witness , which won the People's Choice Award at the 2021 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
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