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Peter Corris
Born
Peter Robert Corris
(1942-05-08 ) 8 May 1942
Died 30 August 2018(2018-08-30) (aged 76 )
Sydney , New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian Occupation Writer
Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018)[1] [2] [3] was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical[4] and crime fiction.[5] As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing", particularly for his Cliff Hardy novels.[5]
Biography
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Corris' secondary school education was at Melbourne High School .[2] [6] He was a Bachelor level student at the University of Melbourne , then gained a Master of Arts in history at Monash University .[2] He studied at the Australian National University where he was awarded a PhD in history on the topic of the South Seas Islander slave trade (Kanakas ).[1] He continued these studies as a university lecturer, but later became a journalist, and then a full-time writer.
He was married to writer Jean Bedford .[7]
Peter Corris wrote a book that provided deep insights into his life living with type-1 diabetes .[8] Some of his novels have diabetic subplots. In January 2017, Corris announced that he would no longer be writing novels owing to 'creeping blindness' because of his diabetes.[9]
Awards and achievements
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Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Lifetime Achievement, 1999: winner
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2004: nominated for Master's Mates
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2006: shortlisted for Saving Billie
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2007: shortlisted for The Undertow
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2008: nominated for Appeal Denied
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2008: nominated for Open File
Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Fiction, 2009: winner for Deep Water [10]
Partial list of books
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Cliff Hardy novels
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The Dying Trade (1980)
White Meat (Sydney, Pan Books, 1981); ISBN 0-330-27018-4
The Marvellous Boy (Sydney, Pan Books, 1982); ISBN 0-330-27019-2
The Empty Beach (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1983); ISBN 0-86861-229-4
Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1984); ISBN 0-86861-399-1
Make Me Rich (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1985); ISBN 0-86861-660-5
The Big Drop and Other Cliff Hardy Stories (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1985); ISBN 0-86861-767-9
The Greenwich Apartments (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1986); ISBN 0-04-820030-1
Deal Me Out (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1986); ISBN 0-86861-978-7
The January Zone (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1987); ISBN 0-04-200050-5
Man in the Shadows: A Short Novel and Six Stories (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1988); ISBN 0-04-320226-8
O'Fear (Sydney, Bantam, 1990); ISBN 0-947189-73-4 [11]
Wet Graves (Sydney, Bantam, 1991); ISBN 1-86359-025-0
Aftershock (Sydney, Bantam, 1991); ISBN 1-86359-028-5
Beware of the Dog (Sydney, Bantam, 1992); ISBN 1-86359-054-4
Burn and Other Stories (Sydney, Bantam, 1993); ISBN 1-86359-069-2
Matrimonial Causes (Sydney, Bantam, 1993); ISBN 1-86359-077-3
Casino (Sydney, Bantam, 1994); ISBN 1-86359-113-3
The Washington Club (Sydney, Bantam, 1997); ISBN 0-7338-0031-9
Forget Me If You Can: Cliff Hardy Stories (Sydney, Bantam, 1997); ISBN 0-7338-0066-1
The Reward (Sydney, Bantam, 1997); ISBN 0-7338-0070-X
The Black Prince (Sydney, Bantam, 1998); ISBN 1-86325-132-4
The Other Side of Sorrow (Sydney, Bantam, 1999); ISBN 1-86325-185-5
Lugarno (Sydney, Bantam, 2001); ISBN 1-86325-298-3
Salt and Blood (Sydney, Bantam, 2002); ISBN 1-86325-374-2
Master's Mates (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2003); ISBN 1-74114-136-2
The Coast Road (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2004); ISBN 1-74114-384-5
Taking Care of Business: Cliff Hardy Cases (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2004); ISBN 1-74114-419-1
Saving Billie (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2005); ISBN 1-74115-621-1
The Undertow (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2006); ISBN 978-1-74114-748-3
Appeal Denied (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2007); ISBN 978-1-74175-096-6 [12]
The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2007); ISBN 978-1-74175-223-6
Open File (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2008); ISBN 978-1-74175-417-9
Deep Water (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2009); ISBN 978-1-74175-677-7
Torn Apart (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2010); ISBN 978-1-74237-536-6
Follow the Money (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2011); ISBN 978-1-74237-379-9
Comeback (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2012); ISBN 978-1-74237-724-7
The Dunbar Case (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2013); ISBN 978-1-74331-022-9
Silent Kill (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2014); ISBN 978-1-74331-637-5
Gun Control (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2015); ISBN 978-1-76011-206-6
That Empty Feeling (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2016); ISBN 978-1-76011-207-3
Win, Lose or Draw (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2017); ISBN 978-1-76029-478-6
Ray Crawley novels
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Pokerface (Melbourne, Penguin, 1985); ISBN 0-14-008587-4
The Baltic Business (Melbourne, Penguin, 1988); ISBN 0-14-010842-4
The Kimberly Killing (Melbourne, Penguin, 1988); ISBN 0-14-011506-4
The Cargo Club (Melbourne, Penguin, 1990); ISBN 0-14-012803-4
The Azanian Action (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1991); ISBN 0-207-17213-7
The Japanese Job (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1992); ISBN 0-207-17528-4
The Time Trap (Sydney, HarperCollins, 1994); ISBN 0-7322-5016-1
The Vietnam Volunteer (Lismore, NSW, Southern Cross University Press, 2000); ISBN 1-875855-45-9
Richard Browning novels
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Box Office Browning (Melbourne, Viking, 1987); ISBN 0-670-81696-5
Beverly Hills Browning (Melbourne, Penguin, 1987); ISBN 0-14-010739-8
Browning Takes Off (Melbourne, Penguin, 1989); ISBN 0-14-012159-5
Browning in Buckskin (Melbourne, Penguin, 1991); ISBN 0-14-014699-7
Browning P.I. (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1992); ISBN 0-207-17415-6
Browning Battles On (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1993); ISBN 0-207-17613-2
Browning Sahib (Sydney, HarperCollins, 1994); ISBN 0-7322-5043-9
Browning Without a Cause (Sydney, ETT Imprint, 1995); ISBN 1-875892-22-2
Luke Dunlop novels
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Other works
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Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914 (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1973); ISBN 0-522-84050-7
Lords of the Ring (Sydney, Cassell Australia, 1980); ISBN 0-7269-1406-1
Lightning Meets the West Wind: The Malaita Massacre , by Roger M. Keesing & Peter Corris (Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980); ISBN 0-19-554223-1
The National Times Australian Book of Quizzes , by Jean Bedford & Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1983); ISBN 0-86861-094-1
The Winning Side (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1984); ISBN 0-86861-785-7
The Australian Family Quiz Book (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985); ISBN 0-207-15060-5
The Gulliver Fortune (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1989); ISBN 0-947189-81-5
Naismith's Dominion (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1990); ISBN 1-86359-017-X
Fred Hollows: An Autobiography , by Fred Hollows with Peter Corris (Melbourne, John Kerr, 1991); ISBN 0-9588004-6-4
The Brothers Craft (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1992); ISBN 1-86359-053-6
Fighting for Fraser Island: A Man and an Island , by John Sinclair with Peter Corris (Sydney, Kerr Publishing, 1994); ISBN 1-875703-16-0
Wimmera Gold (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1994); ISBN 1-86359-258-X
A Round of Golf: 18 Holes with Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1998); ISBN 1-86448-853-0
Petro-Pirates: The Hijacking of the Petro Ranger , by Ken Blyth with Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2000); ISBN 1-86508-368-2
Sweet & Sour: A Diabetic Life (Lismore, NSW, Southern Cross University Press, 2000); ISBN 1-875855-46-7
The Journal of Fletcher Christian: Together with the History of Henry Corkill (Sydney, Random House Australia, 2005); ISBN 1-74051-351-7
Blood Brothers (Sydney, Lothian Books, 2007; ISBN 978-0-734-41006-1
Wishart's Quest (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2009); ISBN 978-1-921-50954-4
The Colonial Queen (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2011); ISBN 978-1-921-87531-1
Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings (Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2011); ISBN 978-1-742-23286-7
Standing in the Shadow: Three Novellas (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2013); ISBN 978-1-921-87532-8
Damned If I Do , by Philip Nitschke with Peter Corris (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2013); ISBN 978-0-522-86141-9
Edited
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The Picador Book of Golf , edited by Peter Corris & Jamie Grant (Sydney, Picador, 1995); ISBN 0-330-35692-5
Ringside: A Knockout Collection of Fights & Fighters: The Winners, the Losers, the Legends , edited by Peter Corris & Barry Parish (Sydney, Random House Australia, 1996); ISBN 0-09-183333-7
Menace in the Mulga (Brisbane, Crime Writers Queensland, 2000); ISBN 0-9585413-2-9
Heart Matters: Personal Stories About That Heart-Stopping Moment , edited by Peter Corris & Michael Wilding (Melbourne, Viking, 2010); ISBN 978-0-670-07385-6
Best on Ground: Great Writers on the Greatest Game , edited by Peter Corris & John Dale (Melbourne, Viking, 2010); ISBN 978-0-670-07460-0
See also
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References
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^ Peter Corris, the godfather of Australian crime fiction, has died
^ Koval, Ramona. "The Journal of Fletcher Christian" . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^ a b Koval, Ramona (18 June 2007). "Australian crime-writer Peter Corris" . Radio National . Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^ "FantasticFiction: Peter Corris" . fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2014 .
^ McEvoy, Marc (20 April 2009). "Life writes its way into character" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 2 April 2016 .
^ Corris, Peter (2000). Sweet & Sour: A Diabetic Life. Lismore, NSW: Southern Cross University Press. ISBN 1875855467 .
^ Morris, Linda (8 January 2017). "Peter Corris calls time on the iconic fictional detective Cliff Hardy" . The Age . Retrieved 10 June 2017 .
^ – 2009 Ned Kelly Award Previous Winners: Best Fiction
^ "O'Fear" . Retrieved 18 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia .
^ Corris, Peter (June 2007), Appeal denied : [No. 31 : Cliff Hardy novels] , Allen & Unwin (published 2007), ISBN 978-1-74175-096-6
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