![]() He was the first Australian writer to win the Gold Dagger, the British crime writers' association's most prestigious award, and the first crime writer to win the Miles Franklin Award. In 1995, he retired to become a self-employed editor and writer. He taught journalism, editing and media studies at a number of universities, and as the first senior lecturer in editing and publishing, he played a significant role in establishing the professional writing and editing course at RMIT, Melbourne. He moved to Melbourne in 1982 to edit the journal Australian Society. Originally from South Africa, he moved to Australia in 1980 after two years in Germany, and settled in Sydney, where he worked as education editor on the Sydney Morning Herald and taught at (the now) Charles Sturt University, then separately administered Colleges of Advanced Education. ![]() Peter Temple worked in several countries as a journalist and editor. ![]()
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