Peter Corris

Peter Corris
Born
Peter Robert Corris

(1942-05-08)8 May 1942
Died30 August 2018(2018-08-30) (aged 76)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationWriter

Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing", particularly for his Cliff Hardy novels.

Biography

Corris' secondary school education was at Melbourne High School. He was a Bachelor level student at the University of Melbourne, then gained a Master of Arts in History at Monash University. 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). 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.

Peter Corris wrote a book that provided deep insights into his life living with type-1 diabetes. 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.

Awards and achievements

  • 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

Partial list of books

Cliff Hardy novels

  • The Dying Trade (Sydney, McGraw-Hill, 1980); ISBN 0-07-072928-X
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Richard Browning novels

Luke Dunlop novels

Other Works

Edited

  • 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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