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David Whish-Wilson

デイビッド・ウィッシュ＝ウィルソン

Deibiddo Whishu-Wiruson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1966 （Newcastle, New South Wales）
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
Newcastle, New South Wales → Singapore → Victoria, Australia → Western Australia → Europe, Africa, Asia → Fremantle, Western Australia

Career

Occupations
novelist, non-fiction author, teacher, creative writing coordinator, barman, actor, streetseller, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, drug trial guinea pig
Active Years
2006-2024
Affiliations
Curtin University, Perth prison system, Fiji prisons
Nominations
2010 Ned Kelly Awards: Shortlisted for Line of Sight, Ned Kelly Award shortlist for Line of Sight (2012), 2014 Shortlisted WA Premier's Book Awards for Perth, 2020 Ned Kelly Awards: Shortlisted for True West, 2022 WA Premiers Book Awards Fellowship: shortlisted, 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize: longlisted for The Sawdust House

Awards

Patricia Hackett Prize
2015
Work: The Cook
Category: Fiction
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Line of Sight

2010 crime fiction
Translations
  • German translation (Suhrkamp Verlag)

True West

2019 crime fiction

The Summons

2006 novel

Bibliography

  • The Summons (2006)
  • Line of Sight (2010)
  • In Savage Freedom in Hard Labour (2012)
  • Zero at the Bone (2013)
  • Perth (2013)
  • Old Scores (2016)
  • The Coves (2018)
  • True West (2019)
  • Shore Leave (2020)
  • The Sawdust House (2022)
  • I Am Already Dead (2023)

Translations of Works

  • First three books in Frank Swann series published in Germany by Suhrkamp Verlag

Legacy

Australian author known for crime novels, particularly the Frank Swann series. Coordinates creative writing program at Curtin University.

Trivia

  • Possibly related to Peter Whish-Wilson, Australian politician.