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Occupation
  
novelist

Nationality
  
Australian

Name
  
Gary Corby

Period
  
2008 - present

Role
  
Author

Genre
  
historical mystery


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Born
  
1963 Sydney, Australia (
1963
)

Books
  
Sacred Games, The Pericles Commission, Ionia Sanction, The Marathon Conspiracy

Notable works
  
The Athenian Mysteries

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Gary Corby is an Australian author of historical mysteries set in the world of Classical Greece.

Contents

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His novels feature historical figures from the time as recurring characters, notably Socrates, Pericles, and the priestess Diotima of Mantinea. The series hero is a fictional detective/agent named Nicolaos; the heroine is Diotima.

The Athenian Mysteries

  1. The Pericles Commission (2010)
  2. The Ionia Sanction (2011)
  3. Sacred Games (2013)
  4. The Marathon Conspiracy (2014)
  5. Death ex Machina (2015)
  6. The Singer from Memphis (2016)
  7. Death on Delos (2017)

Awards and nominations

  • Nominated for the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel in 2010, for The Pericles Commission.
  • Winner of the 2008 Arthur Conan Doyle Prize for new fiction in the historical mystery category for the short story The Pasion Contract.

    • References

    Gary Corby Wikipedia
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