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Kerry Greenwood


Australia (b.1954)

Kerry Greenwood has worked as a folk singer, factory hand, director, producer, translator, costume-maker, cook and is currently a solicitor. When she is not writing, she works as a locum solicitor for the Victorian Legal Aid. She is also the unpaid curator of seven thousand books, three cats (Attila, Belladonna and Ashe) and a computer called Apple (which squeaks). She embroiders very well but cannot knit. She has flown planes and leapt out of them (with a parachute) in an attempt to cure her fear of heights (she is now terrified of jumping out of planes but can climb ladders without fear). She can detect second-hand bookshops from blocks away and is often found within them.

For fun Kerry reads science fiction/fantasy and detective stories. She is not married, has no children and lives with a registered wizard. When she is not doing any of the above she stares blankly out of the window.  
 


Genres: Historical Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Historical Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, Historical
 
Series
Phryne Fisher
   1. Cocaine Blues (1989)
     aka Death by Misadventure / Miss Phryne Fisher Investigates
   2. Flying Too High (1990)
   3. Murder on the Ballarat Train (1991)
   4. Death at Victoria Dock (1992)
   5. The Green Mill Murder (1993)
   6. Blood and Circuses (1994)
   7. Ruddy Gore (1995)
   8. Urn Burial (1996)
   9. Raisins and Almonds (1999)
   10. Death Before Wicket (1999)
   11. Away with the Fairies (2001)
   12. Murder in Montparnasse (2002)
   13. The Castlemaine Murders (2003)
   14. Queen of the Flowers (2004)
   15. Death By Water (2005)
   16. Murder in the Dark (2006)
   A Question of Death (2007)
   17. Murder on a Midsummer Night (2008)
   18. Dead Man's Chest (2010)
   19. Unnatural Habits (2012)
   20. Murder and Mendelssohn (2013)
   21. Death in Daylesford (2021)
   The Lady with the Gun Asks the Questions (2022)
   22. Murder in Williamstown (2023)
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Delphic Women
   1. Medea (1997)
   2. Cassandra (1995)
   3. Electra (1996)
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Spinouts (with Michael Pryor and Catherine Randle)
   The Bold and The Brave (2000)
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Corinna Chapman
   1. Earthly Delights (2004)
   2. Heavenly Pleasures (2005)
   3. Devil's Food (2006)
   4. Trick or Treat (2007)
   5. Forbidden Fruit (2009)
   6. Cooking the Books (2011)
   7. The Spotted Dog (2018)
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Stormbringer
   1. Rat and the Raven (2005)
   2. Lightning Nest (2006)
   3. Raven's Rising (2005)
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Adventures in Love & Time
   1. Herotica (2016)
   2. Herotica 2 (2016)
   3. Mytherotica (2016)
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Novels
   The Wandering Icon (1992)
   The Childstone Cycle (1994)
   The Broken Wheel (1996)
   Quest (1996)
   Whale Road (1996)
   Cave Rats (1997)
   Feral (1998)
   Alien Invasions (2000) (with Shannah Jay and Lucy Sussex)
   The Three-Pronged Dagger (2000)
   Danger Do Not Enter (2003)
   Journey to Eureka (2005)
   The Long Walk (2005)
   Out of the Black Land (2011)
   Evan's Gallipoli (2013)
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Collections
   Recipes for Crime (1995) (with Jenny Pausacker)
   Salmancis / Jetsam (2014)
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Anthologies edited
   Bad to the Bones (2002)
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Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Kerry Greenwood
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Dark Deeds Down Under (2022)
(Dark Deeds Down Under, book 1)
edited by
Craig Sisterson
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Deadlier (2017)
100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women
edited by
Sophie Hannah
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Bound By Mystery (2017)
Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press
edited by
Diane D DiBiase

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Award nominations
2019 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel (nominee) : The Spotted Dog
1999 Ditmar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Feral
1998 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story (nominee) : Jetsam


Kerry Greenwood recommends
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The Half-child (2010)
(Jayne Keeney)
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"Clever and funny."

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