Order of Garry Disher Books
Garry Disher is an Australian author of crime fiction and children’s novels. He writes the Wyatt series and the Inspector Challis series. Disher obtained postgraduate degrees from Adelaide University and Melbourne University. He was awarded a writing fellowship from Stanford University and wrote his first collection of short stories. He then travelled the world, ending up back in Australia, teaching creative writing. In 1988, Garry became a full-time writer, which he has been ever since.
Garry Disher became a published author in 1981 with Approaches – the collection he wrote at Stanford. His first novel the standalone novel Steal Away. Below is a list of Garry Disher’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Wyatt Books
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Kickback |
(1991) |
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Paydirt |
(1992) |
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Deathdeal |
(1993) |
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Crosskill |
(1994) |
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Port Vila Blues |
(1995) |
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The Fallout |
(1997) |
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Wyatt |
(2010) |
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The Heat |
(2015) |
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Kill Shot |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Inspector Challis Books
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The Dragon Man |
(1999) |
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Kittyhawk Down |
(2003) |
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Snapshot |
(2005) |
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Chain of Evidence |
(2007) |
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Blood Moon |
(2009) |
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Whispering Death |
(2011) |
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Signal Loss |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Paul Hirschhausen Books
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Hell to Pay / Bitter Wash Road |
(2013) |
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Peace |
(2019) |
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Consolation |
(2020) |
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Day’s End |
(2022) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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Steal Away |
(1987) |
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The Stencil Man |
(1988) |
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The Bamboo Flute |
(1992) |
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Ratface |
(1993) |
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Switch Cat |
(1995) |
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Blame The Wind |
(1995) |
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The Sunken Road |
(1996) |
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Walk Twenty, Run Twenty |
(1996) |
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Ermyntrude Takes Charge |
(1996) |
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The Apostle Bird |
(1997) |
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The Divine Wind |
(1998) |
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From Your Friend, Louis Deane. |
(2000) |
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Past The Headlands |
(2001) |
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Moondyne Kate |
(2001) |
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Maddie Finn |
(2002) |
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Two-way Cut |
(2004) |
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Eva’s Angel |
(2004) |
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Play Abandoned |
(2011) |
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Good One, Erm |
(2013) |
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Her |
(2017) |
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Under the Cold Bright Lights |
(2017) |
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Sanctuary |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Approaches |
(1981) |
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The Difference To Me |
(1988) |
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The Flamingo Gate |
(1991) |
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Restless: Stories of Flight and Fear |
(1995) |
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Straight, Bent And Barbara Vine |
(1997) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Personal Best |
(1990) |
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Personal Best 2 |
(1991) |
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Below the Waterline |
(1999) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft |
(1984) |
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Australia Then & Now |
(1987) |
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Writing Professionally: The Freelancer’s Guide to Marketing Prose and Scripts |
(1989) |
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Bushrangers |
(1992) |
Publication Order of After Dark Books
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The Bent-Back Bridge |
(1996) |
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The Crow |
(1996) |
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The Giant Spiders |
(1996) |
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The Carriers |
(1996) |
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The Twist in the Tale |
(1996) |
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The Barn |
(1996) |
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The Tunnel |
(1997) |
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The Vampires |
(1997) |
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The Silver Eyes |
(1997) |
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Misteri Sumur Tua |
(1997) |
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The Bats |
(1997) |
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The Goddess |
(1998) |
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The Mouth |
(1999) |
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The Stray Cat |
(1999) |
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The Snake Man |
(1999) |
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The Pipe |
(2000) |
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The Wombat King |
(2000) |
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The Peppercorn Tree |
(2000) |
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The Lie |
(2000) |
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The Cannibal Virus |
(2000) |
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The Fort |
(2000) |
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The Grandstand |
(2000) |
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The Ghost of Love Street |
(2000) |
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The Darkroom |
(2000) |
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The Rings |
(2000) |
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The Old Cattery |
(2000) |
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The Doll |
(2007) |
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The Half Dead |
(2020) |
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The Ghost of Deadman’s Beach |
(2021) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Crosstown Traffic |
(1993) |
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More Crimes for a Summer Christmas |
(1993) |
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Strange Fruit |
(1995) |
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Out West: Australian Dirt |
(1996) |
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The Oxford Book of Detective Stories |
(2000) |
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Hard Labour |
(2012) |
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Dark Deeds Down Under |
(2022) |