![]() In 2010, Temple won Miles Franklin Award for the novel Truth. The series premiered on October 14th, 2012. The series featured Guy Pearce as the lead character, who plays the role of Jack Irish, a retired criminal lawyer turned a debt collector and a private investigator. The first two books in Jack Irish series were adapted into a television drama series by the same name. The author has also written stand alone novels such as Shooting Star, An Iron Rose, In the Evil Day and his books have been published in over 20 countries. The books feature unique lawyer-gambler lead character. Temple turned into writing in 1990’s, and his Jack Irish novels (White Dog, Bad Debts, Dead Point, and Black Tide) are set in Melbourne. He played a crucial role in the creation of the professional editing course at RMIT, Melbourne. The author has also taught editing, media studies, and journalism at university. Temple relocated to Sydney, Australia in 1980 and later moved to Melbourne to become the editor of Australian Society magazine. He was an international newspaper and magazine editor and journalist. Peter Temple was an award-winning and bestselling Australian crime fiction novelist born in South Africa. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |