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Garry Disher

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.

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

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 edit

Bibliography edit

Novels edit

  • Steal Away (1987)
  • The Stencil Man (1988)
  • The Sunken Road (1996)
  • Past the Headlands (2001)
  • Play Abandoned (2011)
  • Under the Cold Bright Lights (2017)
  • Her (2017)
  • The Way It Is Now (2021)
  • Sanctuary (2024)

Crime series – The Wyatt novels edit

  • Kickback (1991)
  • Paydirt (1992)
  • Deathdeal (1993)
  • Crosskill (1994)
  • Port Vila Blues (1996)
  • The Fallout (1997)
  • Wyatt (2010)
  • The Wyatt Butterfly (2010: omnibus containing Port Vila Blues and The Fallout)
  • The Heat (2015)
  • Kill Shot (2018)

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

Crime series – The Paul "Hirsch" Hirschhausen novels edit

  • Bitter Wash Road (2013) published in 2014 as Hell to Pay in the US
  • Peace (2019) published by Text Publishing
  • Consolation (2020) published by Text Publishing
  • Day's End (2022) published by Text Publishing

Short story collections edit

  • Approaches (1981)
  • The Difference to Me (1988)
  • Flamingo Gate (1991)
  • Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine (crime stories, 1997)

Young adult edit

  • Blame the Wind (1995)
  • Restless : Stories of Flight & Fear (1995)
  • The Half Dead (1997)
  • The Apostle Bird (1997)
  • The Divine Wind (1999)
  • From Your Friend, Louis Deane (2000)
  • Moondyne Kate (2001)
  • Eva's Angel (2003)
  • Two-Way Cut (2004)

Children's edit

  • The Bamboo Flute (1992)
  • Ratface (1993)
  • Ermyntrude Takes Charge (1995)
  • Walk Twenty, Run Twenty (1996)
  • Maddie Finn (2002)
  • Switch Cat (1994)

Edited edit

  • The Man Who Played Spoons (1987)
  • Personal Best (1989)
  • Personal Best 2 (1991)
  • Below the Waterline (1999)

Non-fiction edit

  • Wretches and Rebels: The Australian Bushrangers (1981)
  • Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft (1983)
  • Bushrangers (1984)
  • Total War: The Home Front, 1939-1945 (1985)
  • Australia Then & Now (1987)
  • Writing Professionally: The Freelancer's Guide to Writing and Marketing (1989)
  • Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft (revised edition) (2001)

Critical studies and reviews of Disher's work edit

Consolaton
  • Birch, Tony (January–February 2021). "Disher country". Australian Book Review. 428: 40.

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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