Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has degrees in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written three series, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy, is an award-winning children's writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written twenty books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. In 2003 Kerry won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Association.
A party invitation leads Phryne Fisher, liberated woman and amateur
sleuth, on a hunt for a ruthless killer....One of the most exciting
and dangerous of the adventures into which Phryne's fabulous and
risky lifestyle have led her.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
Australian author Greenwood's fine Phryne Fisher mystery combines
suspense and humor with a taut race to unmask a master assassin
before he can strike again. The Joker's identity will surprise many
readers, but as usual for this long-running series (Cocaine Blues,
etc.), the major pleasures come from Greenwood's wry voice and the
larger-than-life Fisher.-- "Publishers Weekly"
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