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.
"Phryne Fisher isnt really a glossy girl, she's just pretending to
be one to solve the suspicious death of an old luvvie who wrote and
illustrated fairy stories for a womens magazine. Not exactly
riveting reading by todays standards, but this story is set in the
20s when women read articles on how to be virtuous, and never
ventured out without a hat or gloves. Greenwood manages to evoke
the elegance of the era in this charming tale, which dwells as much
on the wardrobe of the heroine as the morbid details of murder and
mayhem." -- "Vogue," June 2001 "Greenwood crafts a passable
whodunit, but terrific historic color (complete with a three page
bibliography) and the blithe proto-feminist heroine are the real
highlights here." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This series is the best
Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and Phryne is the flashiest
new female sleuth in the genre." -- "Booklist" "Kerry Greenwood
makes it impossible for the audience not to like the charming
Phyrne or her investigations." --"Midwest"" Book Review"
"Phryne Fisher isnt really a glossy girl, she's just pretending to
be one to solve the suspicious death of an old luvvie who wrote and
illustrated fairy stories for a womens magazine. Not exactly
riveting reading by todays standards, but this story is set in the
20s when women read articles on how to be virtuous, and never
ventured out without a hat or gloves. Greenwood manages to evoke
the elegance of the era in this charming tale, which dwells as much
on the wardrobe of the heroine as the morbid details of murder and
mayhem." -- "Vogue", June 2001 "Greenwood crafts a
passable whodunit, but terrific historic color (complete with a
three page bibliography) and the blithe proto-feminist heroine are
the real highlights here." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This
series is the best Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and
Phryne is the flashiest new female sleuth in the
genre." -- "Booklist" "Kerry Greenwood makes
Phryne Fisher is a character whose personality falls somewhere
between gentle femininity and hard-boiled forensic capabilities. It
is a combination which celebrates the emerging individual women of
the 1920s.-- Weekend Australian
Phryne infiltrates the staff of Women's Choice with all the aplomb
of Lord Peter Wimsey taking on the advertising game, casually
dispensing balm to fragile egos and down-to-earth fashion advice
while she penetrates the secrets of the magazine's agony page and
follows a tortuous trail of clues to a suitably unexpected
conclusion. -- Adelaide Advertiser
"Phryne Fisher isnt really a glossy girl, she's just pretending
to be one to solve the suspicious death of an old luvvie who wrote
and illustrated fairy stories for a womens magazine. Not exactly
riveting reading by todays standards, but this story is set in the
20s when women read articles on how to be virtuous, and never
ventured out without a hat or gloves. Greenwood manages to evoke
the elegance of the era in this charming tale, which dwells as much
on the wardrobe of the heroine as the morbid details of murder and
mayhem." -- "Vogue," June 2001 "Greenwood crafts a passable
whodunit, but terrific historic color (complete with a three page
bibliography) and the blithe proto-feminist heroine are the real
highlights here." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This series is the best
Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and Phryne is the flashiest
new female sleuth in the genre." -- "Booklist" "Kerry Greenwood
makes it impossible for the audience not to like the charming
Phyrne or her investigations." --"Midwest"" Book Review"
"Phryne Fisher isnt really a glossy girl, she's just pretending to be one to solve the suspicious death of an old luvvie who wrote and illustrated fairy stories for a womens magazine. Not exactly riveting reading by todays standards, but this story is set in the 20s when women read articles on how to be virtuous, and never ventured out without a hat or gloves. Greenwood manages to evoke the elegance of the era in this charming tale, which dwells as much on the wardrobe of the heroine as the morbid details of murder and mayhem." -- "Vogue", June 2001 "Greenwood crafts a passable whodunit, but terrific historic color (complete with a three page bibliography) and the blithe proto-feminist heroine are the real highlights here." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "This series is the best Australian import since Nicole Kidman, and Phryne is the flashiest new female sleuth in the genre." -- "Booklist" "Kerry Greenwood makes
Phryne infiltrates the staff of Women's Choice with all the aplomb
of Lord Peter Wimsey taking on the advertising game, casually
dispensing balm to fragile egos and down-to-earth fashion advice
while she penetrates the secrets of the magazine's agony page and
follows a tortuous trail of clues to a suitably unexpected
conclusion. -- Adelaide Advertiser
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