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Kerry Isabelle Greenwood is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher. She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, and children's stories, as well as plays. She is unmarried but lives with a "registered wizard".



✵ 17. June 1954
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Famous Kerry Greenwood Quotes

“If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!”

Kerry Greenwood

“I'm concealing a lot of things. That's what a lady does.”

Kerry Greenwood

Source: Queen of the Flowers

“There are good sailors. Well, some good sailors. In a way they are ideal as husbands. They drop in every six months for a wild celebration, then they drop out again before one gets bored with their company or annoyed with by their habits.”

Kerry Greenwood

Source: Queen of the Flowers

“Phryne was getting out of the car. Dot closed her eyes. Miss Fisher was about to happen to someone again.”

Kerry Greenwood

Source: Dead Man's Chest

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