Peter Temple

Peter Temple (born 1946) is an Australian crime fiction writer.

Formerly a journalist and journalism lecturer, Temple turned to fiction writing in the 1990s. His Jack Irish novels ("Bad Debts", "Black Tide", "Dead Point", and "White Dog") are set in Melbourne, Australia, and feature an unusual lawyer-gambler protagonist. He has also written four stand-alone novels: "An Iron Rose", "Shooting Star", "In the Evil Day" ("Identity Theory" in the US), and "The Broken Shore". He has won five Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction, the most recent in 2006 for "The Broken Shore", which also won the Colin Roderick Prize for best Australian book and the Australian Book Publishers' Award for best general fiction. "The Broken Shore" also won the Crime Writers' Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2007. [ [http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=international+news&subclass=general&story_id=1017524&category=general "The Canberra Times" "Aussie author wins crime writing prize" 6 July 2007] ] Temple is the first Australian to win a Gold Dagger. [Harrison (2007)]

Awards and Nominations

Bibliography

Novels

*"Bad Debts" (1996)
*"An Iron Rose" (1998)
*"Shooting Star" (1999)
*"Black Tide" (1999)
*"Dead Point" (2000)
*"In the Evil Day" (2002) aka "Identity Theory"
*"White Dog" (2003)
*"The Broken Shore" (2005)
*"Truth" (2008, forthcoming)

Interviews

*"January" magazine [http://januarymagazine.com/profiles/ptemple.html Interview by David Honeybone] April 2002
*"Tangled Web UK" [http://www.twbooks.co.uk/crimescene/Peter-Temple-talks-to-Bob-Cornwell.htm Interview by Bob Cornwell] 2007
*"Chasing Ray" weblog [http://www.chasingray.com/archives/2007/08/first_one_shot_world_tour_sche.html Interview by Colleen Mondor] August 2007
*"Shots ezine" [http://www.shotsmag.co.uk/interviews/2007/p_temple/temple.html Interview by Ayo Onatade] October 2007
*"The Book Show" [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bookshow/stories/2008/2313086.htm In conversation with Jason Steger and Michael Robotham] July 2008

References

* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/ballarat-writer-digs-gold/2007/07/06/1183351414571.html Harrison, Dan (2007) "Australian wins top crime-writing prize" in "The Age", 6 July 2007] Accessed 6 July 2007
* [http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2004/content/standard_c1.asp?name=TempleP Peter Temple biography]
* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=Aja Peter Temple at Austlit]

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