Garry Disher
| Garry Disher | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Period | 1987–present |
| Genre | Crime fiction, children's literature |
Garry Disher is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature.
Awards
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: winner for Chain of Evidence
- Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2002: winner for The Dragon Man
- Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for Kickback
- 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
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for The Sunken Road
- IBBY Honour Diploma, Writing, 1994 for The Bamboo Flute
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1993: winner for The Bamboo Flute
- The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"
- Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2010: winner for Wyatt
Bibliography
Novels
- Steal Away (1987)
- The Stencil Man (1988)
- The Sunken Road (1996)
- Past the Headlands (2001)
- Play Abandoned (2011)
- Bitter Wash Road (2013)
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)
Crime series - The Challis and Destry Novels
- The Dragon Man (1999)
- Kittyhawk Down (2003)
- Snapshot (2005)
- Chain of Evidence (2007)
- Blood Moon (2009)
- Whispering Death (2012)
- Signal Loss (2016)
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)
External links
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