Garry disher biography for kids

Australian writer

Garry Disher (born 15 August , in Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia) is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature.^[1] He is a three-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.

Disher has written three main book series. These include: the Wyatt^[2] thrillers about a master thief, the Peninsula Crimes^[3] procedurals about Waterloo cops Hal Challis and Ellen Destry, and the Hirsch series^[4] about South Australian rural police constable Paul Hirschhausen.

Awards

• The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, winner for "Amateur Hour"
• Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Younger Readers, winner for The Bamboo Flute
• IBBY Honour Diploma, Writing, for The Bamboo Flute
• NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, shortlisted for The Sunken Road
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Ethnic Affairs Commiss