Order of Peter Corris Books

Peter Corris is an Australian author of crime fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his Cliff Hardy series, but also writes series featuring his characters Richard Browning, Ray Crawley and Luke Dunlop. He is also a historian and a journalist. Born in Stawell, Victoria and raised in Melbourne, he attended secondary school at Melbourne High School. He then attended the University of Melbourne, earned his M.A. in History at Monash University and his PhD in History from Australian National University. Corris enjoys reading, writing, golf, weight training and film. He is married to fellow writer Jean Bedford (who he has three daughters with) and lives in Sydney, Australia.

Peter Corris became a published author in 1973 with the non-fiction book Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914. His debut novel was the Cliff Hardy novel The Dying Trade. Below is a list of Peter Corris’ books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Books

The Dying Trade	(1980)
White Meat	(1981)
The Marvellous Boy	(1982)
Make Me Rich	(1985)
The Empty Beach	(1985)
The Greenwich Apartments	(1986)
Deal Me Out	(1986)
The January Zone	(1987)
O'Fear	(1990)
Wet Graves	(1991)
Aftershock	(1991)
Beware of the Dog	(1992)
Matrimonial Causes	(1993)
Casino	(1994)
The Reward	(1997)
Washington Club	(1997)
The Black Prince	(1998)
Other Side of Sorrow	(1999)
Lugarno	(2001)
Salt And Blood	(2002)
Master's Mates	(2003)
The Coast Road	(2004)
Saving Billie	(2005)
The Undertow	(2006)
Appeal Denied	(2007)
Open File	(2008)
Deep Water	(2009)
Torn Apart	(2010)
Follow The Money	(2011)
Comeback	(2012)
The Dunbar Case	(2013)
Silent Kill	(2014)
Gun Control	(2015)
That Empty Feeling	(2015)
Win, Lose or Draw	(2017)

Publication Order of Cliff Hardy Collections

Heroin Annie And Other Cliff Hardy Stories	(1984)
Man in the Shadows	(1988)
The Big Drop	(1988)
Burn, and Other Stories	(1993)
Taking Care Of Business	(2004)
Forget Me If You Can	(2014)
The Big Score: Cliff Hardy Cases	(2015)

Publication Order of Ray Crawley Books

Pokerface	(1985)
The Baltic Business	(1988)
The Kimberly Killing	(1990)
The Cargo Club	(1990)
The Azanian Action	(1991)
The Japanese Job	(1992)
The Time Trap	(1993)
The Vietnam Volunteer	(2000)

Publication Order of Richard Browning Books

Beverly Hills Browning	(1987)
Browning Takes Off	(1989)
Box Office Browning	(1989)
Browning In Buckskin	(1991)
Browning P.I.	(1992)
Browning Battles On	(1993)
Browning Sahib	(1994)
Browning Without A Cause	(1995)

Publication Order of Luke Dunlop Books

Set Up	(1992)
Cross Off	(1993)
Get Even	(1994)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Winning Side	(1984)
The Gulliver Fortune	(1989)
Naismith's Dominion	(1990)
Blood Brothers	(2007)
The Colonial Queen	(2011)
The Brothers Craft	(2014)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Passage, Port and Plantation: A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914	(1973)
Lightning Meets the West Wind: The Malaita Massacre	(1980)
The National Times Australian Book of Quizzes	(1983)
Fred Hollows: An Autobiography	(1992)
Ray Barrett: An Autobiography	(1995)
A Round of Golf: 18 Holes with Peter Corris	(1998)
The Journal of Fletcher Christian: Together with the History of Henry Corkill	(2005)
Mad Dog: William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank Killings	(2011)

Notes: National Times Australian Book of Quizzes was written with Jean Bedford. Fred Hollows: An Autobiography was written with Fred Hollows. Ray Barrett: An Autobiography was written with Ray Barrett.

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Peter Corris Synopsis: In The Winning Side by Peter Corris, Charlie Thomas was born in a humpy camp in the 1920s. He was taught how to fight at a young age. He fights in the backstreets of Queensland during the Depression, and in the Middle East and the Pacific in the Second World War. Now a decorated veteran, Charlie fights on in the cities and the country against racial prejudice, authority and his weaknesses. He has to fight. White Australia tries to keep him on the losing side in the boxing tents, pubs and gaols. Charlie Thomas fights for things like education, justice, hope and love – to make his side the winning side.

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