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Gary David Crew (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of
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Awards

Crew has won the Australian Children's Book of the Year on four occasions. Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers * 1991 '' Strange Objects'' * 1994 ''Angel's Gate'' Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book * 1994 ''First Light'' (Illustrator Peter Gouldthorpe) * 1995 '' The Watertower'' (Illustrator Stephen Woolman) Alan Marshall Prize for Children's Literature * 1991 '' Strange Objects'' New South Wales Premier's Award * 1991 '' Strange Objects''


Bibliography

*''The Inner Circle'' (1986) *'' Strange Objects'' (1990) *''No Such Country'' (1991) *''The Last Cabinet'' for compilation of stories "The Blue Dress" (1991) *''Lucy's Bay'' (1992) (with Gregory Rogers) *''Tracks'' (1992) (with Gregory Rogers) *''The House of Tomorrow'' (1992) *''The Well'' (''After Dark'' series, 1992) (with Narelle Oliver) *''Angel's Gate'' (1994) *''Inventing Anthony West'' (1994) *''The Bent Back Bridge'' (''After Dark'' series, 1994) *''The Watertower'' series ** '' The Watertower'' (1994) ** ''Beneath the Surface'' (2005) *''The Barn'' (''After Dark'' series, 1995) *''Emu Parade'' (1995) (with Viva La Wombat, Illustrator) *''Dark house: stories'' (1995) (compiled by Gary Crew) *''The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie'' (1995) (with Peter Gouldthorpe) *''The Figures of Julian Ashcroft'' (1996) (with Hans de Hass, Illustrator) *''Caleb'' (1996) (with Steve Woolman) *''Crew's 13 : classic tales of the macabre & fantastic'' (1997) (with
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, Illustrator) *'' The Blue Feather'' (1997) (with Michael O' Hara) *''The Viewer'' (1997) (with
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, Illustrator) *''Force of Evil'' (1998) (with
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
), Illustrator) *''Troy Thompson's excellent peotry icbook'' (1998) (with Craig Smith) *''The Fort'' (''After Dark'' series, 1998) (with Gregory Rogers) *''The Windmill Trilogy'' series ** ''The Windmill'' (1998) (with Steve Woolman, Illustrator) ** ''The Cave'' (1999) (with Steve Woolman, Illustrator) ** ''The Survivors'' (1999) (with Steve Woolman, Illustrator) *''The Grandstand'' (''After Dark'' series, 1999) (with Peter Hollard) *''Memorial'' (1999) (with
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, Illustrator) *''Troy Thompson's radical prose folio'' (2000) (with Craig Smith) *''Dear Venny, Dear Saffron'' (2000) (with Libby Hathorn) *''Edward Britton'' (2000) *''Leo the Lion Tamer'' (2000) (with Leigh Hobbs) *''In My Father's Room'' (2000) (with Annmarie Scott) *''Mama's Babies'' (1998) *''The Grandstand'' (2000) *''Gino the genius'' (2000) (with James Cattell, Illustrator) *''Valley of Bones'' (2000) (with Mark Wilson) *''Cruel Nest'' (2001) *''The Rainbow'' (2001) (with Gregory Rogers) *''Arno the Garbo'' (2001) (with Craig Smith, Illustrator) *''The Kraken'' (2001) (with Marc McBride, Illustrator) *'' Gothic Hospital'' (2001) *''The Castaways of the Charles Eaton'' (2002) (with Mark Wilson) *''Quetta'' (2002) (with Bruce Whatley) *''The diviner's son'' (2002) *''Old Ridley'' (2002) (with Marc McBride, Illustrator) *''I saw nothing: the extinction of the Thylacine'' (2003) *''Cabinets of Curiosity'' (2003) *''The Viewer'' (2003) (with
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, Illustrator) *''I Said Nothing: The Extinction of the Paradise Parrot'' (2003) (with Mark Wilson, Illustrator) *''I Did Nothing: The Extinction of the Gastric-Brooding Frog'' (2004) (with Mark Wilson, Illustrator) *''In the Wake of the Mary Celeste'' (2004) (with Robert Ingpen) *''Pig on the Titanic: A True Story'' (2004) (with Bruce Whatley, Illustrator) *''Me and my dog'' (2005) *''The Lace Maker's Daughter'' (2005) *''Young Murphy: A Boy's Adventure'' (2005) (with Mark Wilson, Illustrator) *''The Lantern'' (2005) (with Bruce Whatley, Illustrator) *''The Mystery of Eilean Mor'' (2005) (with Jeremy Geddes, Illustrator) *''The Plague of Quentaris'' (2005) *''Sam Silverthorne : Quest'' (2005) *''Sam Silverthorne : Menace'' (2006) *''Sam Silverthorne : Victory'' (2007) *''Stolen children of Quentaris'' (2006) *''Automaton'' (2006) (with Aaron Hill, Illustrator) *''The Saw Doctor'' (2006) (with David Cox, Illustrator) *''The End of the Line'' (2007) *''The Truth about Emma'' (2007) *''Cat on the Island'' (2007) (with Gillian Warden) *''The End of the Line'' (2008) (with Gregory Rogers) *''Finding Home'' (2009) (with Suzy Boyer) *''The Children's Writer'' (2009) *''The Serpent's Tale'' (2010) (with Matt Ottley, Illustrator) *''Damon'' (2011) (with Aaron Hill, Illustrator) *''The Architecture of Song'' (2012) *''In the Beech Forest'' (2012) (with Den Scheer, Illustrator) * ''The boy who grew into a tree'' (2013) (with Ross Watkins, Illustrator) * ''The Cuckoo'' (2014) ( with Naomi Turvey, Illustrator) * "The Cornfield" (2014) (with Aaron Hill illustrator) * ''Rich and Rare' (2015((contributor...short story)) Paul Collins (with Paul O'Sullivan, Illustrator) * ''Voicing the dead'' (2015) * ''The Visions of Ichabod X'' (2015) (with Paul O'Sullivan, Illustrator) * ''Timing the Machine' (2016) (With Paul O'Sullivan, Illustrator) * "The Story of Eva Carmichael the wreck of the Loch Ard" (2018) ( With Paul OSullivan, Illustrator ) * 'Leaving the lyrebird forest' (2018) / Gary Crew ; illustrated by Julian Laffan.


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Professor Gary Crew
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