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Garry Disher

Australian Author

Born: Aug 15, 1949

Attended Crime Ears Good Service Writing

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From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment. Garry Disher

I have no favourite genre or style but treat each novel with the same care, imagination and craftsmanship. It's as difficult to write a crime or a children's novel with a touch of style and grace as it is a literary novel. Garry Disher

Grace Treat Care Crime Style Difficult Imagination Favourite Touch Write Genre Same Craftsmanship Children Literary Novel Each

A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader. Garry Disher

Good Crime Setting Way Evoke Trick Thriller Writer Good Writer Highlights Make Reader Anywhere Convincing Such A Way Set

I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train. Garry Disher

Service Library Country State Books Month Would Parcel House Up Train Send Grew Lending Us Full Each Belonged

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