Order of Garry Disher Books

Order of Garry Disher Books

Garry Disher
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

Kickback

(1991)

Paydirt

(1992)

Deathdeal

(1993)

Crosskill

(1994)

Port Vila Blues

(1995)

The Fallout

(1997)

Wyatt

(2010)

The Heat

(2015)

Kill Shot

(2018)

Publication Order of Inspector Challis Books

The Dragon Man

(1999)

Kittyhawk Down

(2003)

Snapshot

(2005)

Chain of Evidence

(2007)

Blood Moon

(2009)

Whispering Death

(2011)

Signal Loss

(2016)

Publication Order of Paul Hirschhausen Books

Hell to Pay / Bitter Wash Road

(2013)

Peace

(2019)

Consolation

(2020)

Day’s End

(2022)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Steal Away

(1987)

The Stencil Man

(1988)

The Bamboo Flute

(1992)

Ratface

(1993)

Switch Cat

(1995)

Blame The Wind

(1995)

The Sunken Road

(1996)

Walk Twenty, Run Twenty

(1996)

Ermyntrude Takes Charge

(1996)

The Apostle Bird

(1997)

The Divine Wind

(1998)

From Your Friend, Louis Deane.

(2000)

Past The Headlands

(2001)

Moondyne Kate

(2001)

Maddie Finn

(2002)

Two-way Cut

(2004)

Eva’s Angel

(2004)

Play Abandoned

(2011)

Good One, Erm

(2013)

Her

(2017)

Under the Cold Bright Lights

(2017)

Sanctuary

(2024)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Approaches

(1981)

The Difference To Me

(1988)

The Flamingo Gate

(1991)

Restless: Stories of Flight and Fear

(1995)

Straight, Bent And Barbara Vine

(1997)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Personal Best

(1990)

Personal Best 2

(1991)

Below the Waterline

(1999)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Writing Fiction: An Introduction to the Craft

(1984)

Australia Then & Now

(1987)

Writing Professionally: The Freelancer’s Guide to Marketing Prose and Scripts

(1989)

Bushrangers

(1992)

Publication Order of After Dark Books

The Bent-Back Bridge (By: Gary Crew,Gregory Rogers)

(1996)

The Crow (By: Tom Jellett,Peter Lawrance)

(1996)

The Giant Spiders (By: Stephen Measday,Mark L. Wilson)

(1996)

The Carriers (By: Tom Jellet,Jonathan Harlen)

(1996)

The Twist in the Tale (By: Laine Hall)

(1996)

The Barn (By: Gary Crew,Tom Jellet)

(1996)

The Tunnel (By: Matthew Condon)

(1997)

The Vampires (By: Cameron Rogers)

(1997)

The Silver Eyes (By: Jackie French)

(1997)

Misteri Sumur Tua (By: Gary Crew)

(1997)

The Bats (By: David Miller,Gavin Warner)

(1997)

The Goddess (By: Robin Klein,Anne Spudvilas)

(1998)

The Mouth (By: Carmel Bird,Anita Mertzlin)

(1999)

The Stray Cat (By: Shaun Tan)

(1999)

The Snake Man (By: Peter Gouldthorpe,James Moloney)

(1999)

The Pipe (By: James Moloney)

(2000)

The Wombat King (By: Mark L. Wilson,Philip Neilsen)

(2000)

The Peppercorn Tree (By: Sheryl Gardner)

(2000)

The Lie (By: Philip Neilsen)

(2000)

The Cannibal Virus (By: Peter Gouldthorpe,Sue Robinson)

(2000)

The Fort (By: Gary Crew,Gregory Rogers)

(2000)

The Grandstand (By: Gary Crew)

(2000)

The Ghost of Love Street (By: Venero Armanno)

(2000)

The Darkroom (By: Steven Woolman,Gerard Ross)

(2000)

The Rings (By: Jenny Pausacker,Gregory Rogers)

(2000)

The Old Cattery (By: Shaun Tan,Nette Hilton)

(2000)

The Doll (By: Shaun Tan,Janine Burke)

(2007)

The Half Dead (With: Shaun Tan)

(2020)

The Ghost of Deadman’s Beach (By: Venero Armanno,Dominique Falla)

(2021)

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Publication Order of Anthologies

Crosstown Traffic

(1993)

More Crimes for a Summer Christmas

(1993)

Strange Fruit

(1995)

Out West: Australian Dirt

(1996)

The Oxford Book of Detective Stories

(2000)

Hard Labour

(2012)

Dark Deeds Down Under

(2022)