Jon Cleary | |
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Born | Jon Stephen Cleary 22 November 1917 Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia |
Died | 19 July 2010 New South Wales, Australia | (aged 92)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Australian |
Genre | Drama, crime fiction |
Years active | 1942–2007 |
Notable works | The Sundowners, Scobie Malone series |
Spouse | Joy Cleary (m. 1946–2003; her death) |
Children | 2 |
Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 1917 – 19 July 2010[1][2]) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective stories featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film and television adaptations.