Peter Corris (1942–2018)

Author of The Empty Beach

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About the Author

Peter Corris was born in Stawell, Victoria, Australia on May 8, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Melbourne, a master's degree in history from Monash University, and a PhD in history from the Australian National University. He worked as a professor until 1975 when he show more decided to become a journalist. He was as literary editor of The National Times from 1979 to 1980. He decided to become a full-time writer in 1982. His first book, The Dying Trade, was published in 1980. He was best known for the Cliff Hardy series. He also wrote collaborative biographies with Philip Nitschke, Fred Hollows, John Sinclair, and Ray Barrett. His autobiography, Sweet and Sour: A Diabetic Life, was published in 2000. He received the Ned Kelly Award for lifetime achievement in 1999, the Ned Kelly Award for best novel in 2009 for Deep Water, and the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival's inaugural Danger Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He died on August 30, 2018 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Peter Corris

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The Empty Beach (1983) 75 copies

The Dying Trade (1980) 75 copies

Deal Me Out (1986) 62 copies

Heroin Annie and Other Cliff Hardy Stories (1984) 58 copies

Make Me Rich (1985) 52 copies

The Coast Road (2004) 51 copies

White Meat (1981) 50 copies

The Undertow (2006) 50 copies

Wet Graves (1991) 49 copies

The Big Drop and Other Cliff Hardy Stories (1985) 47 copies

Beware of the Dog (1992) 47 copies

The Greenwich Apartments (1986) 42 copies

Man in the Shadows (1988) 41 copies

O'Fear (1990) 40 copies

The Marvelous Boy (1982) 39 copies

Torn Apart (2010) 37 copies

Saving Billie (2005) 37 copies

Matrimonial Causes (1993) 36 copies

Salt and Blood (2002) 36 copies

The January Zone (1987) 36 copies

Aftershock (1991) 36 copies

Master's Mates (2003) 34 copies

Lugarno (2001) 32 copies

The Dunbar Case (2013) 32 copies

Appeal Denied (2007) 32 copies

The Black Prince (1998) 31 copies

Deep Water (2009) 31 copies

Pokerface (1985) 30 copies

Follow the Money (2011) 29 copies

Comeback (2012) 29 copies

The Washington Club (1997) 26 copies

The Reward (1997) 26 copies

The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases (Cliff Hardy series) (2007) 25 copies

Open File (2008) 25 copies

Casino (1994) 25 copies

Win, Lose or Draw (2017) 23 copies

The Other Side of Sorrow (1999) 23 copies

Taking Care of Business (2004) 23 copies

Gun Control (Cliff Hardy) (2015) 21 copies

That Empty Feeling (Cliff Hardy) (2015) 21 copies

The Journal of Fletcher Christian: Together with the History of Henry Corkill (2005) 20 copies

The Azanian action (1991) 19 copies

The Gulliver Fortune (1989) 19 copies

Silent Kill (Cliff Hardy series) (2014) 19 copies

Burn and other stories (1993) 18 copies

Forget Me If You Can: Cliff Hardy Stories (1997) 17 copies

The Baltic Business (1988) 16 copies

Naismith's dominion (1990) 16 copies

The Kimberley Killing (1988) 15 copies

The time trap (1994) 14 copies

Browning P.I. (1992) 14 copies

The Winning Side (1984) 14 copies

A Cliff Hardy Collection (1986) 13 copies

The Japanese Job (Blacklist) (1992) 13 copies

The Cliff Hardy Omnibus (The Empty Beach. Make Me Rich. The Greenwich Apartments) (1988) 13 copies

Get even (1994) 12 copies

Browning battles on (1993) 12 copies

Box Office Browning (1987) 11 copies

The cargo club (1990) 11 copies

The brothers Craft (1992) 10 copies

Wimmera gold (1994) 10 copies

Browning takes off : from tapes among the papers of Richard Browning (1989) 8 copies

Beverly Hills Browning (1987) 8 copies

The Vietnam volunteer (2000) 8 copies

Cross Off (1993) 8 copies

Set up (1992) 8 copies

Blood Brothers (2007) 7 copies

See You at the Toxteth: The Best of Cliff Hardy and Corris on Crime (2019) 7 copies

Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings (2011) 7 copies

Lords of the ring (1980) 6 copies

Browning Sahib (1994) 6 copies

Browning without a cause (1995) 6 copies

The Cliff Hardy case files (1998) 5 copies

Passage, port and plantation; a history of Solomon Islands labour migration, 1870-1914 (1973) 5 copies

Browning in Buckskin (1991) 5 copies

Standing in the shadow : three novellas (2013) 4 copies

A Round of Golf - 18 Holes with Peter Corris (1998) 4 copies

The Colonial Queen (2011) 4 copies

Escort To An Easy Death (1991) 3 copies

Menace in the mulga (2000) 3 copies

Best on ground (2010) 3 copies

Ringside: A Knockout Collection of Fights and Fighters: The Winners, The Losers, The Legends (1996) 2 copies

Wishart's Quest (2009) 1 copy

Hard Labour 1 copy

The second Cliff Hardy omnibus (The big drop - Deal me out - The January zone) (1989) 1 copy

Journal Of Fletcher Christian: Together With The History Of Henry Corkill 1 copy

The Mae West Scam 1 copy

By Peter Corris Follow the Money (Cliff Hardy) (2011) 1 copy

Ingen väg ut (1988) 1 copy

Des Morts dans l'âme (1988) 1 copy

Signé Mountain (2010) 1 copy

Heart matters : personal stories about that heart-stopping moment (2010) 1 copy

Aborigines and Europeans in Western Victoria 1 copy

What Would You Do 1 copy

The Luck Of Clem Carter 1 copy

The House Of Ruby 1 copy

Box On 1 copy

Bit Parts 1 copy

Arizona Dawn 1 copy

Blood Is Thicker 1 copy

California Dreamland 1 copy

Maltese Falcon 1 copy

Marriages Are Made In Heaven 1 copy

Silverman 1 copy

Stockyards At Jerilderie 1 copy

The Arms Of The Law 1 copy

The Big Pinch 1 copy

The Mongol Scroll 1 copy

Airwaves 1 copy

Byron Kelly's Big Mistake 1 copy

The Deserter 1 copy

Cadigal Country 1 copy

Cloudburst 1 copy

Eye Doctor 1 copy

Ghost Writer 1 copy

High Integrity 1 copy

Kill Me Someone 1 copy

Lost And Found 1 copy

Mother's Boy 1 copy

Norman Mailer's Christmas 1 copy

P.i. Blues 1 copy

Rhythm Track 1 copy

Tearaway 1 copy

The Big Lie 1 copy

Fred Hollows the Updated Autobiography (1993) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Best Australian Stories 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 22 copies

Intimate Armageddons (1992) — Contributor — 17 copies

Moonlight Becomes You: A Crimes for Summer Anthology (1995) 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Corris, Peter Robert
Birthdate: 1942-05-08
Date of death: 2018-08-30
Gender: male
Nationality: Australia
Birthplace: Stawell, Victoria, Australia
Place of death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Places of residence: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ilawarra, New South Wales, Australia
Education: University of Melbourne
Monash University (MA ∙ History)
Australian National University (PhD ∙ History)
Occupations: journalist
crime novelist
short-story writer
lecturer
Relationships: Bedford, Jean (wife)
Awards and honors: Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing (Lifetime Achievement, 1999)

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Reviews

Aftershock by Peter Corris

As a fan of the Cliff Hardy series, this is another typical, fine edition but with little to distinguish it from many of the others. That is not a negative comment, but rather a note as to the continuing high quality of the series.

Exactly what you want to read at the beach, during your Xmas/New year break, which is where I read it.

Big Ship

8 April 2024

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