Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Peter Corris
Born: May 8, 1942
Died: August 30, 2018 (aged 76)
Bio: Peter Robert Corris was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he has been described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing".
Known for:
- The Dying Trade: Text Classics (1980)
- The Greenwich Apartments (1986)
- O'Fear (1990)
- The Washington Club (1997)
- Wet Graves (1991)