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.
The best Australian import since Nicole Kidman....-- "Booklist
starred review of Away with the Fairies"
While memories of the Titanic linger among the ship's passengers,
readers are treated to descriptions of sumptuous meals and snippets
of Maori lore, along with a tantalizing mystery. Those who long to
revel in a glamorous if imperfect past will be satisfied.--
"Publishers Weekly"
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