Kerry Greenwood | |
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 Greenwood signing books at the launch of Forbidden Fruit | |
| Born | Kerry Isabelle Greenwood 1954 (age 69–70) Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Writer, locum solicitor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | BA, LL.B |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Genre | Crime, historical, science-fiction |
| Notable works | Phryne Fisher series |
| Partner | David Greagg |
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood OAM (born 1954[1]) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written 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 writes 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". Austlit. Retrieved 15 June 2008.