Garry Disher

Garry Disher
Born (1949-08-15) 15 August 1949
OccupationAuthor
GenreMystery fiction, children's fiction
Years active1987–present
Notable awardsNed Kelly Awards

Garry Disher (born 15 August 1949, in Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia) is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature. He is a three-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel.

Disher's novels include three series: the Wyatt thrillers about a master thief in Melbourne; the Peninsula Crimes procedurals about Waterloo cops Hal Challis and Ellen Destry on the Mornington Peninsula; and the Hirsch series about police constable Paul Hirschhausen, set in rural South Australia, north of Adelaide.