Garry Disher

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Name Garry Disher		Role Author

Education Monash University, University of Adelaide Books The divine wind, Bitter Wash Road, The Dragon Man, Chain of Evidence, The bamboo flute Similar People Shaun Tan, Lili Wilkinson, Gary Crew, James Moloney, Isobelle Carmody

Garry disher interview at the state library of victoria

Garry Disher is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature.

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: winner for Chain of Evidence

Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2002: winner for The Dragon Man

Deutscher Krimi Preis (German Crime Fiction Award), International, 2000: winner for Kickback

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Ethnic Affairs Commission Award, 1999: shortlisted for The Divine Wind

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Older Readers, 1999: shortlisted for The Divine Wind

New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, The Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature, 1999: winner for The Divine Wind

NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1996: shortlisted for The Sunken Road

IBBY Honour Diploma, Writing, 1994 for The Bamboo Flute

Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Younger Readers, 1993: winner for The Bamboo Flute

The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour"

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2010: winner for Wyatt

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