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Gary Crew


Australia (b.1947)

Gary Crew has an outstanding reputation as a writer of Young Adult fiction and innovative picture books. His numerous prizes and awards include CBC Book of the Year: Older Readers for Strange Objects and Angel's Gate (1991 and 1994) which also received widespread international recognition; CBC Honour Book for Memorial (2000), CBC Picture Book of the Year for First Light (1994); CBC Picture Book of the Year for The Watertower (1995); The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie was a notable book in 1996. He is also the author of The Viewer and Mama's Babies, which were CBC Notable Books for 1998 and 1999 respectively. Gary is editor of the After Dark series and author of the picture books Bright Star, Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry Book, Troy Thompson's Radical Prose Folio, Leo The Lion Tamer and Valley of Bones.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
 
Series
Extinction (with Mark Wilson)
   I Saw Nothing (2003)
   I Did Nothing (2003)
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Sam Silverthorne
   1. Quest (2011)
   2. Menace (2011)
   3. Victory (2011)
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Novels
   The Inner Circle (1986)
   Strange Objects (1990)
   No Such Country (1991)
   The House of Tomorrow (1992)
   Lucy's Bay (1992)
   Angel's Gate (1993)
   Inventing Anthony West (1994)
   The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie (1995) (with Peter Gouldthorpe)
   The Blue Feather (1997) (with Michael O'Hara)
   Mama's Babies (1998)
   Dear Venny, Dear Saffron (2000) (with Libby Hathorn)
   Edward Britton (2000) (with Philip Neilsen)
   Cruel Nest (2000)
   Gothic Hospital (2000)
   Leo the Lion Tamer (2000)
   Force of Evil (2002)
   The Diviners Son (2004)
   In the Wake of the Mary Celeste (2004)
   Me and My Dog (2005)
   The Saw Doctor (2006)
   The End of the Line (2007)
   The Truth About Emma (2007)
   The Children's Writer (2010)
   The Visions of Ichabod X (2015)
   Voicing the Dead (2015)
   Leaving the Lyrebird Forest (2018)
   In The Secret Place (2023)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Timing the Machine (2016)
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Anthologies edited
   Dark House (1995)
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Series contributed to
After Dark
   1. The Bent Back Bridge (1995)
   2. The Barn (1995)
   3. The Well (1996) (with Narelle Oliver)
   32. The Fort (1998)
   33. The Grandstand (1999)
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