| | AMWF | Australian Mystery Writers' Festival. |
| Archibald | Bench | Character (innkeeper) in Mctavish's book The Dawn Rises. |
| Veronia | Blythe | Chief book critic for the Herald newspaper. |
| Agatha | Christie | Golden Age murder mystery writer. (Real) |
| Arthur | Conan Doyle | Golden Age murder mystery writer. (Real) |
| Erin | Cunningham | Ernest's ex-wife. |
| Ernest | Cunningham | Author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone. |
| Brett | Davis | HarperCollins publisher for Wolfgang. |
| Troy | Firth | Deceased bus driver. |
| Lisa | Fulton | Author of legal thriller, The Balance of Justice. |
| | Ghan | Luxury tourist train that travels north-south across the Australian continent. |
| Jane | Harper | Australian crime fiction author of The Dry. (Real) |
| Detective | Hatch | From opal mining town of 'Cooper Pedy'. |
| Juliette | Henderson | Ernest's girlfriend and author, 41 yr old. Previous owner of ski resort in Ernest's book. |
| Ronald | Knox | Golden Age murder mystery writer, author of Ten Commandments of Detective Fiction. |
| Wyatt | Lloyd | Owner of Gemini Publishing. McTavish's publisher and Royce's publisher. |
| SF | Majors | Author (female) of psychological thriller Twists and Turns. |
| Erica | Mathison | Fictional author. |
| Henry | McTavish | Scottish author of Detective Morbund series of novels. |
| | MongrelWrangler22 | Online administrator of McTavish's fan club. |
| Simone | Morrison | Literary Agent for Ernest Cunningham. |
| Harriet | Murdoch | Wife of Jasper, nee 'Sykes'. |
| Jasper | Murdoch | Husband of Harriet. Self-published author. |
| Douglas | Parsons | Texan. |
| Edgar Allan | Poe | American crime writer. (Real). |
| Mario | Puzo | Author of The Godfather. (Real). |
| Alan | Royce | Author of forensic-based crime Doctor Jane Black series of novels. |
| Alan Mathison | Turning | Enigma machine' inventor - father of machine learning. (Real). |
| S.S. | Van Dine | Golden Age murder mystery writer. (Real) |
| Annie | Wilkes | Character in Misery by Stephen King. |
| Noah | Witrock | Douglas's deceased partner. |
| | Wolfgang | Multi-award international winner of literary fiction. |
| Aaron | | Ghan's 'Journey Director'. |
| Andy | | Ernest's uncle (mid-fifties), husband of Katherine. |
| Anna | | Deceased child killed in bus crash. |
| Audrey | | Ernest's mother. |
| Brooke | | President (early 20 yr old) of McTavish's 'Morbund's Mongrels' fan club |
| Cynthia | | Ghan's barista and bartender. |
| Katherine | | Ernest's aunt, wife of Andy. Ernest's late father's little sister. |
| Marcelo | | Ernest's step-father. |
| Poppy | | Client of Andy's new Andy Solves It! Detective agency. A.k.a. Margaret. |
| Sofia | | Ernest's step-sister. |
