Peter Corris


Peter Robert Corris was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing", particularly for his Cliff Hardy novels.

Biography

Corris' secondary school education was at Melbourne High School. He was a Bachelor level student at the University of Melbourne, then gained a Master of Arts in History at Monash University. He studied at the Australian National University where he was awarded a PhD in history on the topic of the South Seas Islander slave trade. He continued these studies as a university lecturer, but later became a journalist, and then a full-time writer.
He was married to writer Jean Bedford.
Peter Corris wrote a book that provided deep insights into his life living with type-1 diabetes. Some of his novels have diabetic subplots. In January 2017, Corris announced that he would no longer be writing novels owing to 'creeping blindness' because of his diabetes.

Awards and achievements

Cliff Hardy novels

As a crime novelist, Corris is best known for his series featuring Sydney PI Cliff Hardy:
* = Cliff Hardy books published by Pan Books in the collection of the

** = Cliff Hardy books published by Allen & Unwin in the collection of the

*** = Cliff Hardy books published by Bantam Books in the collection of the
**** = Cited as being published by "Transworld"

Ray Crawley novels