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Gary David Crew (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of
young adult fiction Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world build ...
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Awards

Crew was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours. He 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 Literary 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 Shaun Tan, Illustrator) *'' The Blue Feather'' (1997) (with Michael O' Hara) *''The Viewer'' (1997) (with Shaun Tan, Illustrator) *''Force of Evil'' (1998) (with Shaun Tan), 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, 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, 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. * 'The Secret Place' (2023)


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Professor Gary Crew
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crew, Gary 1947 births Australian children's writers Australian crime writers Australian science fiction writers Living people Academic staff of the University of the Sunshine Coast Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia