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Jeremy Fisher, (born 9 November 1954) in Te Ahora, New Zealand, has been Executive Director of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) since June 2004. He is a writer, and worked in publishing for 30 years before his appointment. His best known novel is Perfect Timing.
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Career
Fisher is openly gay and has been an advocate for gay rights in Australia since 1973.
He was awarded the inaugural medal of the Australian Society of Indexers for his index to the fourth edition of the Australian Encyclopaedia in 1984.
He was appointed President of the NSW Society of Editors in 1986.
In 2007, Fisher was awarded a grant by the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts to develop a work of literary non-fiction. In 2008 he was shortlisted for the Calibre Prize for Best Essay offered by Australian Book Review. The ASA is the peak body representing Australia's literary creators. As an advocate for authors, Fisher was instrumental in the establishment of the Prime Minister's Literature Prizes by the new Labor government of Kevin Rudd in December 2007.
Fisher has been a judge for the Walkley Awards non-fiction book in 2006, 2007 and 2008.