Peter_Corris

Peter Corris

Peter Corris

Australian 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]

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Biography

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

Partial list of books

Cliff Hardy novels

  • 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

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Corris, Peter". austlit.edu.au. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. [2]
    Coupe, Stuart (30 August 2003). "Crime and the Corris factor". The Age. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. [3]
    Peter Corris, the godfather of Australian crime fiction, has died
  4. [4]
    Koval, Ramona. "The Journal of Fletcher Christian". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. [5]
    Koval, Ramona (18 June 2007). "Australian crime-writer Peter Corris". Radio National. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. [6]
    "FantasticFiction: Peter Corris". fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. [7]
    McEvoy, Marc (20 April 2009). "Life writes its way into character". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. [8]
    Corris, Peter (2000). Sweet & Sour: A Diabetic Life. Lismore, NSW: Southern Cross University Press. ISBN 1875855467.
  9. [9]
    Morris, Linda (8 January 2017). "Peter Corris calls time on the iconic fictional detective Cliff Hardy". The Age. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  10. [10]
    – 2009 Ned Kelly Award Previous Winners: Best Fiction
  11. [11]
    "O'Fear". Retrieved 18 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. [12]
    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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