Peter Corris

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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.

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Peter Corris
Peter Robert Corris(1942-05-08)8 May 1942Stawell, Victoria, Australia
30 August 2018(2018-08-30) (aged 76)Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Writer
1973-2017

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.

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, being a literary editor of the National Times. He recalled "I got sick of the literary editor shit. I got fucking sick of new books, beautiful new hardbacks flowing in every week in their dust covers, filling the cupboard up. For the first year or so I thought, “This is heaven.”... It was a dream job for 18 months but it got to the stage where I hated the look of a new book."

The first Cliff Hardy book was The Dying Trade. Corris later recalled "I’d already finished the second one because I enjoyed doing the first one so much, and had started a third one, and well, the ball just got rolling, even though it took about 5 years for the first one to get published."

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.

  • 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

Corris' plaque on the Sydney Writers Walk

  • The Dying Trade (McGraw-Hill, 1980); .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#bf3c2c)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}ISBN 0-070-7292-8X

  • 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

  • Pokerface (Melbourne, Penguin, 1985); ISBN 0-14-008587-4

  • The Baltic Business (Melbourne, Penguin, 1988); ISBN 0-14-010842-4

  • The Kimberly Killing (Melbourne, Penguin, 1988); ISBN 0-14-011506-4

  • The Cargo Club (Melbourne, Penguin, 1990); ISBN 0-14-012803-4

  • The Azanian Action (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1991); ISBN 0-207-17213-7

  • The Japanese Job (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1992); ISBN 0-207-17528-4

  • The Time Trap (Sydney, HarperCollins, 1994); ISBN 0-7322-5016-1

  • The Vietnam Volunteer (Lismore, NSW, Southern Cross University Press, 2000); ISBN 1-875855-45-9

  • Box Office Browning (Melbourne, Viking, 1987); ISBN 0-670-81696-5

  • Beverly Hills Browning (Melbourne, Penguin, 1987); ISBN 0-14-010739-8

  • Browning Takes Off (Melbourne, Penguin, 1989); ISBN 0-14-012159-5

  • Browning in Buckskin (Melbourne, Penguin, 1991); ISBN 0-14-014699-7

  • Browning P.I. (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1992); ISBN 0-207-17415-6

  • Browning Battles On (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1993); ISBN 0-207-17613-2

  • Browning Sahib (Sydney, HarperCollins, 1994); ISBN 0-7322-5043-9

  • Browning Without a Cause (Sydney, ETT Imprint, 1995); ISBN 1-875892-22-2

  • Set Up (Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 1992); ISBN 0-330-27342-6

  • Cross Off (Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 1993); ISBN 0-330-27385-X

  • Get Even (Sydney, Pan Macmillan, 1994); ISBN 0-330-27478-3

  • Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914 (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1973); ISBN 0-522-84050-7

  • Lords of the Ring (Sydney, Cassell Australia, 1980); ISBN 0-7269-1406-1

  • Lightning Meets the West Wind: The Malaita Massacre, by Roger M. Keesing & Peter Corris (Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1980); ISBN 0-19-554223-1

  • The National Times Australian Book of Quizzes, by Jean Bedford & Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1983); ISBN 0-86861-094-1

  • The Winning Side (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1984); ISBN 0-86861-785-7

  • The Australian Family Quiz Book (Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1985); ISBN 0-207-15060-5

  • The Gulliver Fortune (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1989); ISBN 0-947189-81-5

  • Naismith's Dominion (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1990); ISBN 1-86359-017-X

  • Fred Hollows: An Autobiography, by Fred Hollows with Peter Corris (Melbourne, John Kerr, 1991); ISBN 0-9588004-6-4

  • The Brothers Craft (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1992); ISBN 1-86359-053-6

  • Fighting for Fraser Island: A Man and an Island, by John Sinclair with Peter Corris (Sydney, Kerr Publishing, 1994); ISBN 1-875703-16-0

  • Wimmera Gold (Sydney, Bantam Books, 1994); ISBN 1-86359-258-X

  • A Round of Golf: 18 Holes with Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 1998); ISBN 1-86448-853-0

  • Petro-Pirates: The Hijacking of the Petro Ranger, by Ken Blyth with Peter Corris (Sydney, Allen & Unwin, 2000); ISBN 1-86508-368-2

  • Sweet & Sour: A Diabetic Life (Lismore, NSW, Southern Cross University Press, 2000); ISBN 1-875855-46-7

  • The Journal of Fletcher Christian: Together with the History of Henry Corkill (Sydney, Random House Australia, 2005); ISBN 1-74051-351-7

  • Blood Brothers (Sydney, Lothian Books, 2007; ISBN 978-0-734-41006-1

  • Wishart's Quest (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2009); ISBN 978-1-921-50954-4

  • The Colonial Queen (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2011); ISBN 978-1-921-87531-1

  • Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings (Sydney, University of New South Wales Press, 2011); ISBN 978-1-742-23286-7

  • Standing in the Shadow: Three Novellas (Melbourne, Arcadia, 2013); ISBN 978-1-921-87532-8

  • Damned If I Do, by Philip Nitschke with Peter Corris (Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2013); ISBN 978-0-522-86141-9

  • 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

  • William R. Bell

  • Malaita massacre

  • List of fictional private investigators

  • Jimmy Sharman

  • Jim Sharman

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  • The Peter Corris website
  • Corris and Langmores' biography of Jimmy Sharman (1887–1965)
  • Peter Corris plaque in the "Writers Walk", Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia.