Jon Stephen Cleary (born 22 November 1917) is an Australian author. Born in Erskineville Sydney, Australia, Cleary has written many books, among them Sundowners (1951) and The High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective fiction works featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film or television adaptations. Cleary worked as a journalist for the Australia News and Information Bureau in London from 1948-49 and in New York from 1949-51. Cleary's honours include the Australian Broadcasting Commission prize for radio drama in 1944, the Australian Literary Society’s Crouch Medal for Best Australian Novel in 1950, an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel (Peter's Pence) in 1975, and the Australian Crime Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
Awards
- 2004 - Ned Kelly Awards Best Novel for Degrees of Connection[1]
- 1996 - Ned Kelly Awards Lifelong Contribution to the Crime, Mystery and Detective Genres [1]
- 1975 - Edgar Award for Peter's Pence
Notes
- ^ a b Ned Kelly Awards. Australian Crime Fiction Database. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
