Kerry Greenwood
Kerry Greenwood | |
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Greenwood signing books at the launch of Forbidden Fruit | |
| Born | Kerry Isabelle Greenwood 17 June 1954 Footscray, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 26 March 2025 (aged 70) |
| 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 (17 June 1954 – 26 March 2025) was an Australian author and lawyer. She wrote 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 wrote 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.