Peter Temple

Peter Temple (10 March 1946 – 8 March 2018) was an award-winning South Africa-born Australian crime fiction novelist. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was known for writing the "Jack Irish" series and for the award winning novel "The Broken Shore". He has also won five Ned Kelly Awards for crime fiction.
Temple died from pancreatic cancer in Ballarat, Victoria on 8 March 2018 at the age of 71.