# Gary Crew > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Crew > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Crew.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Crew > Source revision: 1303531289 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian writer of young adult fiction Not to be confused with [Gary Crewe](/source/Gary_Crewe). Gary Crew OAM Born (1947-09-23) 23 September 1947 (age 78) Brisbane, Queensland Occupation Writer Alma mater University of the Sunshine Coast Genre Children's books, young adult fiction **Gary David Crew** (born 23 September 1947) is an Australian writer of [young adult fiction](/source/Young_adult_literature). ## Awards Crew was awarded the [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) in the [2025 King's Birthday Honours](/source/2025_King's_Birthday_Honours_(Australia)).[1] He has won the [Australian Children's Book of the Year](/source/Australian_Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award) on four occasions.[2] [Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers](/source/Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award%3A_Older_Readers) - 1991 *[Strange Objects](/source/Strange_Objects)* - 1994 *Angel's Gate* [Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book](/source/Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award%3A_Picture_Book) - 1994 *First Light* (Illustrator [Peter Gouldthorpe](/source/Peter_Gouldthorpe)) - 1995 *[The Watertower](/source/The_Watertower)* (Illustrator Stephen Woolman) Alan Marshall Prize for Children's Literature[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - 1991 *[Strange Objects](/source/Strange_Objects)* [New South Wales Premier's Literary Award](/source/New_South_Wales_Premier's_Literary_Awards)[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] - 1991 *[Strange Objects](/source/Strange_Objects)* ## Bibliography - *The Inner Circle* (1986) - *[Strange Objects](/source/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](/source/Narelle_Oliver)) - *Angel's Gate* (1994) - *Inventing Anthony West* (1994) - *The Bent Back Bridge* (*After Dark* series, 1994) - *The Watertower* series - *[The Watertower](/source/The_Watertower)* (1994) - [*Beneath the Surface*](/source/Beneath_the_Surface_(Picture_book)) (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](/source/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](/source/Shaun_Tan), Illustrator) - *[The Blue Feather](/source/The_Blue_Feather)* (1997) (with Michael O' Hara) - *The Viewer* (1997) (with [Shaun Tan](/source/Shaun_Tan), Illustrator) - *Force of Evil* (1998) (with [Shaun Tan](/source/Shaun_Tan)), Illustrator) - *Troy Thompson's excellent peotry [sic] book* (1998) (with Craig Smith)[3] - *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](/source/Shaun_Tan), Illustrator) - *Troy Thompson's radical prose folio* (2000) (with Craig Smith) - *Dear Venny, Dear Saffron* (2000) (with [Libby Hathorn](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Professor Gary David CREW"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3053915). *Australian Honours Search Facility*. Retrieved 11 June 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gary Crew | Harbour Publishing House - Ulladulla"](http://www.harbourpublishing.com.au/artists/gary-crew). *www.harbourpublishing.com.au*. Retrieved 7 August 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Crew, Gary; Smith, Craig. [*Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry book*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YmmLAQAACAAJ). Kane/Miller. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781929132522](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781929132522). Retrieved 27 May 2015. ## External links - [Professor Gary Crew](http://www.usc.edu.au/university/faculties-and-divisions/faculty-of-arts-and-business/staff/009041.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120608080443/http://www.usc.edu.au/university/faculties-and-divisions/faculty-of-arts-and-business/staff/009041.htm) 8 June 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - [Gary Crew](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Gary_Crew) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST National United States Netherlands Belgium Other Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gary Crew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Crew) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Crew?action=history)). 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