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Kerry Greenwood

Australian crime writer

  • Fame48.9
  • Momentum1.4
  • Wikipedia3.3K
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Lived 1954–2025, aged 71Australia
AustraliaAustraliaWritersWriter / Author
  • Wikipedia
    9 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1954–2025
    Aged 71
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-07-22

Kerry Isabelle Greenwood 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.

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48.9
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Momentum1.4
Historical8.0
Source confidence55.0
Completeness75.0
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