About Garry

BIOGRAPHY

Garry Disher has published over 60 highly praised, prize-winning and widely translated books in a range of genres: crime thrillers, literary/general novels, short-story collections, YA/children’s fiction and writers’ handbooks.

His latest titles include the best-selling standalone crime novel, Sanctuary, and Mischance Creek, the fifth in his prize-winning Hirsch outback cop series.

AWARDS

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 Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2021

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Winner, Crime Novel of the Year, Germany 2020

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 Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018

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 Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2016

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 Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2010

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 Winner, Ned Kelly Award for Crime Fiction, 2007

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 Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002

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 Winner, German Crime Fiction Award, 2002

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 Winner, NSW Premiers Award, 1999

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 Winner, CBCA Book of the Year, 1993

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Photo of Garry at his writing desk in mood light with lamp and bookshelf in the background.
Photo of Garry looking pensive standing in the shadows of a long tree-lined driveway

Photos by DARREN JAMES PHOTOGRAPHY