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Garry Disher

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Garry Disher

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-08-15 （Burra, South Australia）
Nationality
Australian
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
South Australia → Victoria

Career

Occupations
Author, Crime fiction writer, Children's literature author
Active Years
1987-2024
Nominations
NBC Banjo Awards NBC Banjo Award for Fiction 1996 The Sunken Road, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethnic Affairs Commission Award 1999 The Divine Wind, Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Older Readers 1999 The Divine Wind, Colin Roderick Award 2020 Peace, Colin Roderick Award 2021 Consolation, Colin Roderick Award 2025 Sanctuary

Awards

Ned Kelly Award
2007
Work: Chain of Evidence
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner
Ned Kelly Award
2010
Work: Wyatt
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner
Ned Kelly Award
2021
Work: Consolation
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner
Ned Kelly Award
2018
Category: Lifetime Achievement
Organization: Australian Crime Writers Association
Result: winner
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award
1993
Work: The Bamboo Flute
Category: Younger Readers
Organization: Children's Book Council of Australia
Result: winner
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
1999
Work: The Divine Wind
Category: Ethel Turner Prize
Organization: Government of New South Wales
Result: winner
Deutscher Krimi Preis
2000
Work: Kickback
Category: International
Result: winner
Deutscher Krimi Preis
2002
Work: The Dragon Man
Category: International
Result: winner
Deutscher Krimi Preis
2017
Work: Bitter Wash Road
Category: International
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Wyatt

2010 Crime thriller

A thriller about master thief Wyatt in Melbourne.

CrimeTheft
Translations
  • German translation

Chain of Evidence

2007 Crime procedural

Peninsula Crimes series featuring Hal Challis and Ellen Destry.

Police investigationCommunity

Consolation

2020 Crime fiction

Hirsch series installment.

Rural policingJustice

The Bamboo Flute

1992 Children's fiction

Award-winning children's book.

WarFamily

The Dragon Man

1999 Crime novel

First in Challis and Destry series.

Translations
  • German translation

Bibliography

  • Steal Away (1987)
  • The Stencil Man (1988)
  • Kickback (1991)
  • Paydirt (1992)
  • The Bamboo Flute (1992)
  • Deathdeal (1993)
  • Crosskill (1994)
  • Port Vila Blues (1996)
  • The Fallout (1997)
  • The Dragon Man (1999)
  • Wyatt (2010)

Translations of Works

  • Numerous German translations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise and tense proseRealistic crime depiction
Recurring Motifs
Thief WyattRural policingInvestigation procedures

Legacy

Prominent Australian crime fiction author, three-time Ned Kelly Award winner for Best Novel, also acclaimed in children's literature.

Trivia

  • Three-time winner of Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel
  • Author of Wyatt, Peninsula Crimes, and Hirsch series