Garry Disher grew up on a farm in the mid-north of South Australia, the setting of his popular Hirsch crime novels and the Booker Prize nominated literary novel, The Sunken Road. A full-time writer, he lives on the Mornington Peninsula and is the author of 60 titles: general and children’s/young adult fiction, and the widely translated and award-winning , Wyatt and Peninsula crime novels. In 2023 he was awarded the Australian Crime Writers Association’s lifetime achievement award. His latest titles are the fifth Hirsch novel, Mischance Creek, and a stand-alone thriller, Sanctuary, shortlisted for several awards.
