Garry Disher
Australian writer
Garry Disher | |
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Born | (1949-08-15) 15 August 1949 (age 75) Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia |
Occupation | Author |
Genre | Mystery fiction, children's fiction |
Years active | 1987–present |
Notable awards | Ned 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
- The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1993: winner for The Bamboo Flute
- IBBY Honour Diploma, Writing, 1994 for The Bamboo Flute
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for The Sunken Road
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Ethnic Affairs Commission Award, 1999: shortlisted for The Divine Wind
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Older Readers, 1999: shortlisted for The Divine Wind
- New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, The Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, 1999: winner for The Divine Wind
- Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for Kickback
- Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2002: winner for The Dragon Man
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: winner for Chain of Evidence[1]
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2010: winner for Wyatt[1]
- Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2017: winner for Bitter Wash Road
- Ned Kelly Awards Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018[2]
- Colin Roderick Award, 2020: shortlisted for Peace[3]
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2021: winner for Consolation[4]
- Colin Roderick Award, 2021: shortlisted for Consolation[5]
Bibliography
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Novels
- 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
- 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
- The Dragon Man (1999)
- Kittyhawk Down (2003)
- Snapshot (2005)
- Chain of Evidence (2007)
- Blood Moon (2009)
- Whispering Death (2012)
- Signal Loss (2016)
Crime series – The Paul "Hirsch" Hirschhausen novels
- 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
- Approaches (1981)
- The Difference to Me (1988)
- Flamingo Gate (1991)
- Straight, Bent and Barbara Vine (crime stories, 1997)
Young adult
- 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
- The Bamboo Flute (1992)
- Ratface (1993)
- Ermyntrude Takes Charge (1995)
- Walk Twenty, Run Twenty (1996)
- Maddie Finn (2002)
- Switch Cat (1994)
Edited
- The Man Who Played Spoons (1987)
- Personal Best (1989)
- Personal Best 2 (1991)
- Below the Waterline (1999)
Non-fiction
- 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
- Consolaton
- Birch, Tony (January–February 2021). "Disher country". Australian Book Review. 428: 40.
References
- ^ a b "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Sullivan, Jane (8 November 2019). "Garry Disher is Australian crime fiction's gentle giant". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Woman and fiction dominate the 2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award Shortlist". James Cook University. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
External links
- Garry Disher's website
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Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers
- Rummage by Christobel Mattingley (1982)
- Thing by Robin Klein (1983)
- Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984)
- Something Special by Emily Rodda (1985)
- Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986)
- Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda (1987)
- My Place by Nadia Wheatley (1988)
- The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda (1989)
- Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams (1990)
- Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda (1991)
- The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg (1992)
- The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher (1993)
- Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1994)
- Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr (1995)
- Swashbuckler by James Moloney (1996)
- Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson (1997)
- Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal (1998)
- My Girragunji by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)
- Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (2000)
- Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001)
- My Dog by John Heffernan (2002)
- Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson (2003)
- Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2004)
- The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2005)
- Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham (2006)
- Being Bee by Catherine Bateson (2007)
- Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson (2008)
- Perry Angel's Suitcase by Glenda Millard (2009)
- Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch (2010)
- The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (2011)
- Crow Country by Kate Constable (2012)
- The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett (2013)
- City Of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit by Catherine Jinks (2014)
- The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson (2015)
- Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2016)
- Rockhopping by Trace Balla (2017)
- How To Bee by Bren MacDibble (2018)
- His Name Was Winter by Emily Rodda (2019)
- The Little Wave by Pip Harry (2020)
- Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon (2021)
- A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (2022)
- Runt by Craig Silvey (2023)
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks (2024)
- Picture Book (1955–present)
- Early Childhood (2001–present)
- Older Readers (1946–present)
- Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)