What is Peter Temple?
[[File:Peter Temple @ Oslo bokfestival 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Temple in 2011]] '''Peter Temple''' (10 March 1946 &ndash; 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 (Australia)|Victoria]] on 8 March 2018 at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/acclaimed-crime-writer-peter-temple-dies-aged-71-20180311-p4z3va.html|title=Acclaimed crime writer Peter Temple dies, aged 71|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 March 2018|access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Temple, Peter}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Crime writers]] [[Category:South African writers]] [[Category:Australian novelists]] [[Category:People from Johannesburg]] [[Category:People from Ballarat]] {{bio-stub}}