Peter Temple
Encyclopedia
Peter Temple 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 three stand-alone novels: An Iron Rose, Shooting Star, In the Evil Day (Identity Theory in the US), as well as The Broken Shore and its semi-sequel, Truth. 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 Award
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. Temple is the first Australian to win a Gold Dagger.
Crime fiction
Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...
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 three stand-alone novels: An Iron Rose, Shooting Star, In the Evil Day (Identity Theory in the US), as well as The Broken Shore and its semi-sequel, Truth. He has won five Ned Kelly Awards
Ned Kelly Awards
The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres...
for crime fiction, the most recent in 2006 for The Broken Shore, which also won the Colin Roderick Award
Colin Roderick Award
The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presented in 1967 and currently has a prize of A$10,000....
for best Australian book and the Australian Book Publishers' Award for best general fiction. The Broken Shore also won the Crime Writers' Association
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
Duncan Lawrie Dagger in 2007. Temple is the first Australian to win a Gold Dagger.
Awards and nominations
| The Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ... |
2010 | Truth (winner) |
| Australian Book Industry Awards Australian General Fiction Book of the Year | 2006 | The Broken Shore (winner) |
| Colin Roderick Award Colin Roderick Award The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". It was first presented in 1967 and currently has a prize of A$10,000.... |
2006 | The Broken Shore |
| Duncan Lawrie Dagger Gold Dagger The Gold Dagger Award was an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association for the best crime novel of the year.For its first five years, the organization's top honor was known as the Crossed Red Herring Award.... |
2007 | The Broken Shore (winner) |
| The Miles Franklin Award Miles Franklin Award The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize for the best Australian ‘published novel or play portraying Australian life in any of its phases’. The award was set up according to the will of Miles Franklin , who is best known for writing the Australian classic My Brilliant Career ... |
2006 | The Broken Shore (longlisted) |
| Ned Kelly Awards Ned Kelly Awards The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres... Best Novel |
2006 | The Broken Shore (joint winner) |
| 2003 | White Dog (winner) | |
| 2001 | Dead Point (joint winner) | |
| 2000 | Shooting Star (winner) | |
| Ned Kelly Awards Ned Kelly Awards The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia's leading literary awards for crime writing in both the crime fiction and true crime genres... Best First Novel |
1997 | Bad Debts (joint winner) |
Novels
- Bad DebtsBad DebtsBad Debts is a Ned Kelly Award winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. This is the first novel in the author's Jack Irish series.-Notes:...
(1996) - An Iron RoseAn Iron RoseAn Iron Rose is a novel by Australian author Peter Temple.-Dedication:"For Josephine Margaret Temple and Alexander Royden Harold Wakefield Temple : first and best influences."-Reviews:* "Echoes from a Distant Mountain"...
(1998) - Shooting Star (1999)
- Black TideBlack Tide (novel)Black Tide is a crime novel by Australian author Peter Temple. This is the second novel in the author's Jack Irish series.-Notes:...
(1999) - Dead PointDead PointDead Point is a Ned Kelly Award winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple. This is the third novel in the author's Jack Irish series.-Notes:...
(2000) - In the Evil Day (2002) aka Identity Theory
- White DogWhite Dog (novel)White Dog is a 2003 Australian novel by Peter Temple. The fourth novel in the "Jack Irish" series, it won the 2003 Ned Kelly Awards Best Novel for Crime Writing. It was reprinted in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Quercus.-Plot summary:...
(2003) - The Broken ShoreThe Broken ShoreThe Broken Shore is a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple.-Plot Summary:The novel's central character is Joe Cashin, a Melbourne homicide detective. Following serious physical injuries he is posted to his hometown where he begins the process of rebuilding...
(2005) - TruthTruth (novel)Truth is an award-winning 2009 crime fiction novel written by Peter Temple. The novel is a sequel to Temple's 2005 novel The Broken Shore, and won the Miles Franklin Award in 2010....
(2009)
Book review
Interviews
- "January" magazine Interview by David Honeybone April 2002
- "Tangled Web UK" Interview by Bob Cornwell 2007
- "Chasing Ray" weblog Interview by Colleen Mondor August 2007
- "Shots ezine" Interview by Ayo Onatade October 2007
- ABC Radio National, "The Book Show" In conversation with Jason Steger and Michael Robotham July 2008
- ABC Radio National, "The Book Show" Interview with Ramona Koval November 2009