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Kerry Greenwood
AuthorBooks · Second hand1954-2025
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood was an Australian author and lawyer. She wrote many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. She wrote mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel The Three-Pronged Dagger.
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About Kerry Greenwood
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1954
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2025
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood was an Australian author and lawyer. She wrote many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. She wrote mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel The Three-Pronged Dagger.
Kerry Greenwood was born in Footscray, Melbourne, a place she returned to after extensive travels.
Beyond her prolific writing career, she practiced law after graduating from the University of Melbourne.
Her iconic mystery series began in 1989 with the highly successful novel Cocaine Blues.
The name of her famous detective, Phryne Fisher, is pronounced to rhyme with the word briny.
Her literary versatility spans from mystery and science fiction novels to children's literature and essays.
