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Garry Disher
Born (1949-08-15) 15 August 1949 (age 74)
Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia
OccupationAuthor
GenreMystery fiction, children's fiction
Years active1987–present
Notable awardsNed Kelly Awards

Garry Disher (born 15 August 1949, in Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia) is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature. He is a three-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.

Disher has written three main book series. These include: the Wyatt thrillers about a master thief, the Peninsula Crimes procedurals about Waterloo cops Hal Challis and Ellen Destry, and the Hirsch series about rural police constable Paul Hirschhausen.

Awards

Bibliography

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Novels

Crime series – The Wyatt novels

Crime series – The Challis and Destry novels, aka the Peninsula Crimes series

Crime series – The Paul "Hirsch" Hirschhausen novels

Short story collections

Young adult

Children's

Edited

Non-fiction

Critical studies and reviews of Disher's work

Consolaton

References

  1. ^ a b "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Jane (8 November 2019). "Garry Disher is Australian crime fiction's gentle giant". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Woman and fiction dominate the 2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award Shortlist". James Cook University. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.