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Garry Disher
Australian writer
Garry Disher (born 15 August 1949, in Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia) is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature.[1] 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[2] thrillers about a master thief, the Peninsula Crimes[3] procedurals about Waterloo cops Hal Challis and Ellen Destry, and the Hirsch series[4] about South Australian rural police constable Paul Hirschhausen.
Awards
- The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"
- 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
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for The Sunken Road
- New South Wales Premier's Litera