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Peter Temple Biography

Peter Temple (10 March 1946 – 8 March 2018) was an Australian crime fiction writer, mainly known for his Jack Irish novel series. He won several awards for his writing, including the Gold Dagger in 2007, the first for an Australian.

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As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling.

Concerned, Labelling, Novel, Novels, People, Writing

I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a novel or crime novel of any kind, I had to set it here.

Australia, Crime Novels, Interesting, Novel, Think, Thinking

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.

Moving, Novels, Occasion, Strong, Way, Writing

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for.

Grant, Hero, Medium, Personality, Writing, Young

I think if you live in a country, basically you share the dominant values of a country although you may disagree on issues all the time.

Country, Issues, Live, Think, Thinking, Values

Football makes nonsense of class. It may make nonsense of colour in some circumstances.

Class, Colour, Football, Make, May

I like having a plot, I like characters with a reason to get up in the morning.

Character, Like, Morning, Plot

There's a high point in your career, and then people get bored; they want something else to come along.

Career, Careers, Come, People, Want Something

In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in expensive ways.

Attempts, Grief, Plan, Plot, Ways, Writing

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