Peter Corris biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Peter Corris

Author Name:

Peter Corris

Born As:

Peter Robert Corris

Other Names:

Peter Robert Corris

Born:

8 May 1942

Died:





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Academic, Historian, Journalist and Novelist                          
Selected Works:

The Cliff Hardy Novels:

As crime novelist, Peter Corris is best known his Cliff Hardy series:

The Dying Trade - 1980
White Meat - 1981
The Marvelous Boy - 1982
The Empty Beach - 1983
Heroin Annie and other Cliff Hardy stories - 1984
The Big Drop and other Cliff Hardy Stories - 1985
Make Me Rich - 1985
Deal Me Out - 1986
The Greenwich Apartments - 1986
A Cliff Hardy Collection - 1987
The January Zone - 1987
The Man in the Shadows - 1988
Man in the Shadows and Other Stories - 1988
O'Fear - 1990
Aftershock - 1991
Wet Graves - 1991
Beware of the Dog - 1992
Burn: And Other Stories - 1993
Matrimonial Causes - 1993
Casino - 1994
Forget Me If You Can: Cliff Hardy Stories - 1997
The Washington Club - 1997
The Reward - 1998
The Black Prince - 1999
The Other Side of Sorrow - 1999
Lugarno - 2001
Salt and Blood - 2002
Master's Mates - 2003
The Coast Road - 2004
Taking Care of Business - 2004
Saving Billie - 2006
The Undertow - 2007
Appeal Denied - 2008
The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases - 2008
Open File - 2009.                          
                          
Awards and Nominations:

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Lifetime Achievement, 1999: winner

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2004: nominated for Master's Mates

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2006: shortlisted for Saving Billie

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2007: shortlisted for The Undertow

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2008: nominated for Appeal Denied

Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing, Best Novel, 2008: nominated for Open File.