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'''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 Awards|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 ==
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*[[Deutscher Krimi Preis]] (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for ''[[Kickback (novel)|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]]''<ref name = ACWA>{{cite web|title= Previous Winners: Best Fiction |publisher= Australian Crime Writers Association|url= https://www.austcrimewriters.com/previous-winners-best-fiction|accessdate= 2 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[Ned Kelly Awards]] for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2010: winner for ''[[Wyatt (
*[[Deutscher Krimi Preis]] (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2017: winner for ''[[Bitter Wash Road]]''
*[[Ned Kelly Awards]] Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018<ref name="SMHJS">{{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Jane |title=Garry Disher is Australian crime fiction's gentle giant |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/garry-disher-is-australian-crime-fiction-s-quiet-giant-20191031-p5365h.html |access-date=17 March 2021 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[Colin Roderick Award]], 2020: shortlisted for ''Peace''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-03|title=Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/08/03/154569/colin-roderick-award-2020-shortlist-announced/
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*Colin Roderick Award, 2021: shortlisted for ''Consolation''<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-02|title=Woman and fiction dominate the 2021 Colin Roderick Literary Award Shortlist|url=https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/news/woman-and-fiction-dominate-the-2021-colin-roderick-literary-award-shortlist|access-date=2021-08-04|website=James Cook University|language=en-
== Bibliography ==
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*''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
*''Kickback'' (1991)
*''Paydirt'' (1992)
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*''Kill Shot'' (2018)
==== Crime series – The Challis and Destry
*''[[The Dragon Man]]'' (1999)
*''[[Kittyhawk Down]]'' (2003)
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*''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 (novel)|Consolation]]'' (2020) published by Text Publishing
*''Day's End'' (2022) published by Text Publishing
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*''Walk Twenty, Run Twenty'' (1996)
*''Maddie Finn'' (2002)
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