Garry Disher

Author

Garry Disher is one of Australia’s best-known authors. He’s written over forty books: crime thrillers, children’s/YA fiction, literary novels, and writers’ handbooks, many of which have won awards and are popular in Europe and the USA.

Where were you born?

On a wheat and wool farm in the mid-north of South Australia.

What themes are recurring in your work?

Outsider characters.

What have been the highlights of your career?

Winner of CBCA award for The Bamboo Flute Winner of the NSW Premiers Award for The Divine Wind Winner of the Ned Kelly best crime novel Award for Chain of Evidence Winner of two German crime fiction awards Appearing on best-seller and best-books lists in USA and Germany

What are you passionate about?

Social justice issues