Peter Doyle





Peter Doyle

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born
April 24, 1951 in Sydney, Australia

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Peter Doyle was born in Maroubra, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. He worked as a taxi driver, musician, and teacher before writing his first book, "Get Rich Quick", which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel. He has since published two further books featuring protagonist Billy Glasheen, "Amaze Your Friends" and "The Devil’s Jump", and is ­currently working on a fourth. He is also the author of the acclaimed "City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912–1948" and "Crooks Like Us". In 2010 Doyle received the Ned Kelly Lifetime Achievement Award. He teaches writing at Macquarie Uni­ver­sity, Sydney.


Average rating: 4.17 · 36 ratings · 9 reviews · 6 distinct works
City of Shadows: Sydney Pol...
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Echo and Reverb: Fabricatin...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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Crooks Like Us
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009
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The Devil's Jump
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Get Rich Quick
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Amaze Your Friends
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Value-Based Marketing: Mark...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Marketing Management and St...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 4 editions
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