Peter Temple had a successful career as a journalist, editor, and academic before turning to writing. His crime fiction novels transcend the genre and have made him one of Australia's most popular and successful authors of the past two decades. He has won many literary prizes, including the prestigious international crime writing prize the Duncan Lawrie Dagger award for The Broken Shore, and the 2010 Miles Franklin award for Truth.
On the shelves
Jack Irish series
The Broken shore series
- The Broken shore (Winner of the U.K. Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel 2007)
- Truth (Winner of the Miles Franklin Award 2010)
Standalone novels