Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

<p>Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year</p><p>Helen Garner, one of Australia’s most acclaimed authors, is set to publish a new book in November about the Erin Patterson <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/erin-patterson-mushroom-trial">mushroom murder trial</a>.</p><p>The book follows the story of Patterson, an Australian woman convicted in July of murdering three of her former in-laws and attempting to murder a fourth by serving them a beef wellington contaminated with death cap mushrooms in 2023. The case, which played out in an Australian court earlier this year, attracted global attention.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/06/erin-patterson-mushroom-murders-inspire-new-book-by-helen-garner">Continue reading...</a>