Kerry Greenwood

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born

Melbourne , Australia

gender

female

website

http://www.phrynefisher.com/aboutkerry.html

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has a degree in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant.

Kerry has written twenty novels, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy, is an award-winning children's writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. In 1996 she published a book of essays on female murderers called Things She Loves: Why women Kill.

The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written thirteen bo...more

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Books by Kerry Greenwood

Average rating: 3.82 · 9,841 ratings · 1,171 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1989 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 639 ratings — published 1990 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Murder On The Ballarat Train (Phryne Fisher, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 613 ratings — published 1991 — 18 editions	My rating:
	Death At Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Earthly Delights (Corinna Chapman, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Green Mill Murder (Phryne Fisher, #5) 3.82 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1993 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Murder In Montparnasse (Phryne Fisher, #12) 3.91 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Heavenly Pleasures (Corinna Chapman, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Ruddy Gore (Phryne Fisher, #7) 3.76 avg rating — 386 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Away With The Fairies (Phryne Fisher, #11) 3.90 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2001 — 13 editions	My rating:

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Series by Kerry Greenwood

Phryne Fisher (18 books)
by Kerry Greenwood

3.80 avg rating — 7,596 ratings

Corinna Chapman (6 books)
by Kerry Greenwood

3.87 avg rating — 1,816 ratings

Delphic Women (3 books)
by Kerry Greenwood

3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings

Stormbringer (3 books)
by Kerry Greenwood

3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings

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Quotes by Kerry Greenwood

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”
― Kerry Greenwood

tags: muse , writing

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“There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Queen Of The Flowers

tags: husbands , sailors

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“I'm concealing a lot of things. That's what a lady does.”
― Kerry Greenwood, Queen Of The Flowers

tags: humor

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