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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.
'''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 ==
== Awards ==


*[[Ned Kelly Awards]] for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: winner for ''[[Chain of Evidence]]''
*The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"
*[[Deutscher Krimi Preis]] (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2002: winner for ''[[The Dragon Man]]''
*[[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]]''
*[[Deutscher Krimi Preis]] (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for ''[[Kickback (novel)|Kickback]]''
*[[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]]''
*[[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]]''
*[[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]]''
*[[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards]], The Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, 1999: winner for ''[[The Divine Wind]]''
*[[NBC Banjo Awards]], NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for ''[[The Sunken Road]]''
*[[Deutscher Krimi Preis]] (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for ''[[Kickback (novel)|Kickback]]''
*IBBY Honour Diploma, Writing, 1994 for ''[[The Bamboo Flute]]''
*[[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>
*[[Children's Book Council of Australia]] Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1993: winner for ''[[The Bamboo Flute]]''
*[[Ned Kelly Awards]] for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2010: winner for ''[[Wyatt (novel)|Wyatt]]''<ref name=ACWA />
*The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"
* [[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/|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|access-date=2021-08-04|website=James Cook University|language=en-AUえーゆー}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
{{Incomplete list|date=July 2022}}


=== Novels ===
=== Novels ===
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*''Past the Headlands'' (2001)
*''Past the Headlands'' (2001)
*''Play Abandoned'' (2011)
*''Play Abandoned'' (2011)
*''Under the Cold Bright Lights'' (2017)
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*''Bitter Wash Road'' (2013) published in 2014 as ''Hell to Pay '' in the US
*''Under the Cold Bright Lights'' (2017) published by Text
*''Her'' (2017)
*''The Way It Is Now'' (2021)
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*''Peace'' (2019) published by Text
*''Sanctuary'' (2024)


==== Crime series - The Wyatt Novels ====
==== Crime series – The Wyatt novels ====
*''Kickback'' (1991)
*''Kickback'' (1991)
*''Paydirt'' (1992)
*''Paydirt'' (1992)
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*''Kill Shot'' (2018)
*''Kill Shot'' (2018)


==== Crime series - The Challis and Destry Novels ====
==== Crime series – The Challis and Destry novels, aka the Peninsula Crimes series ====
*''[[The Dragon Man]]'' (1999)
*''[[The Dragon Man]]'' (1999)
*''[[Kittyhawk Down]]'' (2003)
*''[[Kittyhawk Down]]'' (2003)
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*''[[Whispering Death (novel)|Whispering Death]]'' (2012)
*''[[Whispering Death (novel)|Whispering Death]]'' (2012)
*''Signal Loss'' (2016)
*''Signal Loss'' (2016)

==== Crime series – The Paul "Hirsch" Hirschhausen novels ====
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*''Bitter Wash Road'' (2013) published in 2014 as ''Hell to Pay '' in the US
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*''Peace'' (2019) published by Text Publishing
*''[[Consolation (novel)|Consolation]]'' (2020) published by Text Publishing
*''Day's End'' (2022) published by Text Publishing


=== Short story collections ===
=== Short story collections ===
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=== Children's ===
=== Children's ===
*''The Bamboo Flute'' (1992)
*''[[The Bamboo Flute]]'' (1992)
*''Ratface'' (1993)
*''Ratface'' (1993)
*''Ermyntrude Takes Charge'' (1995)
*''Ermyntrude Takes Charge'' (1995)
*''Walk Twenty, Run Twenty'' (1996)
*''Walk Twenty, Run Twenty'' (1996)
*''Maddie Finn'' (2002)
*''Maddie Finn'' (2002)
*'' Switch Cat'' (1994)
*''Switch Cat'' (1994)


=== Edited ===
=== Edited ===
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*''Writing Professionally: The Freelancer's Guide to Writing and Marketing'' (1989)
*''Writing Professionally: The Freelancer's Guide to Writing and Marketing'' (1989)
*''Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft'' (revised edition) (2001)
*''Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft'' (revised edition) (2001)

===Critical studies and reviews of Disher's work===
;''Consolaton''
* {{cite journal |author=Birch, Tony |author-link=Tony Birch |date=January–February 2021 |title=Disher country |journal=Australian Book Review |volume=428 |pages=40}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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{{Portal |Children's literature}}
{{Portal |Children's literature}}

{{Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers}}


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[[Category:Australian children's writers]]
[[Category:Australian crime writers]]
[[Category:Australian crime writers]]
[[Category:Australian crime fiction writers]]
[[Category:Australian male novelists]]
[[Category:Australian male novelists]]
[[Category:Australian mystery writers]]
[[Category:Australian non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Australian non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:Australian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Australian male short story writers]]
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[[Category:21st-century Australian male writers]]
[[Category:21st-century Australian male writers]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:1949 births]]
[[Category:Australian male non-fiction writers]]


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Revision as of 03:51, 1 April 2024

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

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

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

  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.
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