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Garry Disher

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born

August 15, 1949 in Burra, Australia

website

http://www.garrydisher.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Nonfiction

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Gary Disher was born in 1949 and grew up on his parents' farm in South Australia.

He gained post graduate degrees from Adelaide and Melbourne Universities. In 1978 he was awarded a creative writing fellowship to Stanford University, where he wrote his first short story collection. He travelled widely overseas, before returning to Australia, where he taught creative writing, finally becoming a full time writer in 1988. He has written more than 40 titles, including general and crime fiction, children's books, textbooks, and books about the craft of writing.

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Books by Garry Disher

Average rating: 3.54 · 778 ratings · 180 reviews · 55 distinct works

	The Dragon Man (Inspector Challis, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 120 ratings — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Divine Wind 2.94 avg rating — 110 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Chain of Evidence (Inspector Challis, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 71 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Kittyhawk Down (Inspector Challis, #2) 3.65 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Blood Moon (Inspector Challis, #5) 3.63 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Snapshot (Inspector Challis, #3) 3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Wyatt 3.63 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Bamboo Flute 3.07 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Whispering Death (Inspector Challis, #6) 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Kickback (Wyatt, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Garry Disher

Inspector Challis (5 books)
by Garry Disher

3.68 avg rating — 388 ratings

Wyatt (7 books)
by Garry Disher

3.80 avg rating — 152 ratings

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