Garry Disher | |
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Born | Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia | 15 August 1949
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.
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