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Line 33: \| children = \| relatives = \| awards = [[Ned Kelly Awards]] \| signature = \| signature_alt = Line 41: \| portaldisp = <!-- "on", "yes", "true", etc; or omit --> }} '''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 ~~several~~three ~~different~~main book series. These include: the '''Wyatt''' thrillers about a master thief, the '''Peninsula Crimes''' procedurals about [[Waterloo ~~(New South Wales)\|Waterloo]]~~ cops Hal Challis and Ellen Destry, and the '''Hirsch''' series about rural police constable Paul Hirschhausen. == Awards == Line 58: [[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 (novel)\|Wyatt]]''<ref name=ACWA /> [[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/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2020-08-03\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AUえーゆー}}</ref> [[Ned Kelly Awards]] for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2021: winner for ''Consolation''<ref name = NK2020>{{cite web\|title= Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced \|publisher= Books+Publishing\|url= https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/26/192166/ned-kelly-awards-2021-winners-announced/\|accessdate= 2 July 2023}}</ref> 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~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-08-04\|website=James Cook University\|language=en-AUえーゆー}}</ref> == Bibliography == Line 78 ⟶ 77: ''Her'' (2017) ''The Way It Is Now'' (2021) *''Sanctuary'' (2024) ==== Crime series – The Wyatt novels ==== Line 180: [[Category:21st-century Australian male writers]] [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:~~Male~~Australian male non-fiction writers]] ~~{{Australia-writer-stub}}~~