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Cleary was born in [[Erskineville, New South Wales|Erskineville]], [[Sydney]] and educated at Marist Brothers College Randwick. He |
Cleary was born in [[Erskineville, New South Wales|Erskineville]], [[Sydney]] and educated at Marist Brothers College Randwick. He left school in 1932 at the age of fourteen, and spent the following eight years doing a variety of jobs, notably as a commercial artist for Austral Toon under [[Eric Porter]].<ref name="Vagg">[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=vagg%20cleary;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History] at [[National Film and Sound Archive]]</ref> He enlisted in the Australian army on 27 May 1940 and served in the [[Middle East]] before being transferred to the Military History Unit. He served for a time in [[New Guinea]], where his clerk was [[Lee Robinson (director)|Lee Robinson]], and was discharged on 10 October 1945 with the rank of lieutenant.<ref>World War 2 Nominal Roll for Jon Cleary[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=134826#summary1]</ref> |
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===Writing Career=== |
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Cleary began writing regularly in the army and in 1945 won equal first prize in a competition for the ABC for his play ''Safe Horizon''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26072022 |title=Divided Award In ABC Competition. |newspaper=[[The_Mercury_(Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=31 January 1945 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also began submitting his short stories to American magazines.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18008509 |title=CLEARY HEARD NEWS IN LONDON. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=28 December 1946 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
Cleary began writing regularly in the army and in 1945 won equal first prize in a competition for the ABC for his play ''Safe Horizon''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26072022 |title=Divided Award In ABC Competition. |newspaper=[[The_Mercury_(Hobart)|The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954)]] |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=31 January 1945 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also began submitting his short stories to American magazines.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18008509 |title=CLEARY HEARD NEWS IN LONDON. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=28 December 1946 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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His first novel was the 1947 work, ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'', which dwelt on the life of an army deserter wanted for the sensational murder of his girlfriend in wartime Sydney. He started writing this in the army and finished it on board a ship en route to London where Cleary had hoped to find work as a screenwriter.<ref name="Vagg"/> Instead he worked as a journalist for the Australia News and Information Bureau from 1948–50, a job he continued in New York from 1950–51.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70518890 |title=A Man in a Queue. |newspaper=[[Albany Advertiser |Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950)]] |location=WA |date=8 June 1950 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> All this time he kept writing short stories and novels, |
His first novel was the 1947 work, ''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'', which dwelt on the life of an army deserter wanted for the sensational murder of his girlfriend in wartime Sydney. He started writing this in the army and finished it on board a ship en route to London where Cleary had hoped to find work as a screenwriter.<ref name="Vagg"/> Instead he worked as a journalist for the Australia News and Information Bureau from 1948–50, a job he continued in New York from 1950–51.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70518890 |title=A Man in a Queue. |newspaper=[[Albany Advertiser |Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950)]] |location=WA |date=8 June 1950 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> All this time he kept writing short stories and novels. His second book, ''The Long Shadow'', was written after his editor [[Graham Greene]] suggested he try his hand at a thriller.<ref name="Vagg"/> The success of ''[[The Sundowners (novel)|The Sundowners]]'', which ultimately sold over three million copies and was sold to the movies, meant he could write full time. |
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Cleary and his wife then lived in Italy for a year and in 1953 they returned home after seven years away.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52935895 |title=AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR RETURNS HOME. |newspaper=[[Perth_Gazette|The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)]] |location=Perth, WA |date=21 October 1953 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=18 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> However he continued to travel extensively, living abroad again for some stints, and many of his novels were set in exotic locations. |
Cleary and his wife then lived in Italy for a year and in 1953 they returned home after seven years away.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52935895 |title=AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR RETURNS HOME. |newspaper=[[Perth_Gazette|The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)]] |location=Perth, WA |date=21 October 1953 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=18 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> However he continued to travel extensively, living abroad again for some stints, and many of his novels were set in exotic locations. |
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===Novels=== |
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*''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'' (1947) |
*''[[You Can't See 'Round Corners]]'' (1947) - an Australian soldier deserts during [[World War II]] |
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*''The Long Shadow'' (1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18141178 |title=NEW FICTION. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=24 December 1949 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''The Long Shadow'' (1949) - a man goes on the run in rural [[New South Wales]] for a crime he did not commit<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18141178 |title=NEW FICTION. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=24 December 1949 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''Just Let Me Be'' (1950)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18197758 |title=Violence Breaks Out At Coogee. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=3 February 1951 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''Just Let Me Be'' (1950)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18197758 |title=Violence Breaks Out At Coogee. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=3 February 1951 |accessdate=27 February 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''[[The Sundowners (novel)|The Sundowners]] (1952) |
*''[[The Sundowners (novel)|The Sundowners]] (1952) |
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*''[[The Climate of Courage]]'' (1954) |
*''[[The Climate of Courage]]'' (1954) |
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*''[[Justin Bayard]]'' (1955) (aka ''Dust in the Sun'') |
*''[[Justin Bayard]]'' (1955) (aka ''Dust in the Sun'') |
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*''The Mayor's Nest'' (1956) - unpublished novel about Australian politics |
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*''[[The Green Helmet]]'' (1957) |
*''[[The Green Helmet]]'' (1957) |
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*''Back of Sunset'' (1959) - set against the background of the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]] |
*''Back of Sunset'' (1959) - set against the background of the [[Royal Flying Doctor Service]] |
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*''High Road to China'' (1977) |
*''High Road to China'' (1977) |
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*''Vortex'' (1979)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58588540 |title=VORTEX. |newspaper=[[Australian_Women's_Weekly|The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)]] |location=1933 - 1982 |date=19 October 1977 |accessdate=28 February 2012 |page=183 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''Vortex'' (1979)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58588540 |title=VORTEX. |newspaper=[[Australian_Women's_Weekly|The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)]] |location=1933 - 1982 |date=19 October 1977 |accessdate=28 February 2012 |page=183 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''The Vacant Mine'' (1979) - uncompleted novel |
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*''The Beaufort Sisters'' (1979) |
*''The Beaufort Sisters'' (1979) |
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*''A Very Private War'' (1980) |
*''A Very Private War'' (1980) |
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*''Spearfield's Daughter'' (1982) |
*''Spearfield's Daughter'' (1982) |
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*''The Phoenix Tree'' (1984) |
*''The Phoenix Tree'' (1984) |
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*''The City of Fading Light'' (1985) |
*''The City of Fading Light'' (1985) - set in 1930s [[Berlin]] |
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*''Dragons at the Party'' (1987) - [[Scobie Malone]] novel |
*''Dragons at the Party'' (1987) - [[Scobie Malone]] novel |
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*''Now and Then, Amen'' (1988) - [[Scobie Malone]] novel |
*''Now and Then, Amen'' (1988) - [[Scobie Malone]] novel |
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*''[[The Sundowners]]'' (1960), starring [[Robert Mitchum]], [[Deborah Kerr]], [[Glynis Johns]], [[Peter Ustinov]] - based on his novel, did uncredited rewrite on script |
*''[[The Sundowners]]'' (1960), starring [[Robert Mitchum]], [[Deborah Kerr]], [[Glynis Johns]], [[Peter Ustinov]] - based on his novel, did uncredited rewrite on script |
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*''[[The Green Helmet]]'' (1961), starring [[Bill Travers]], [[Ed Begley]], [[Sid James]] and Nancy Walters - based on his novel, wrote script |
*''[[The Green Helmet]]'' (1961), starring [[Bill Travers]], [[Ed Begley]], [[Sid James]] and Nancy Walters - based on his novel, wrote script |
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*''Strike Me Lucky'' (1961) - unfilmed script based on his novel |
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*''[[Damon and Pythias (film)|Damon and Pythias]]'' (1962) - uncredited contribution to script<ref name="Vagg"/> |
*''[[Damon and Pythias (film)|Damon and Pythias]]'' (1962) - uncredited contribution to script<ref name="Vagg"/> |
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*''The Sea Lab'' 1963) - unfilmed script |
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*''[[The Diamond Smugglers]]'' (1964) - unfilmed script based on book by [[Ian Fleming]]<ref name="Vagg"/> |
*''[[The Diamond Smugglers]]'' (1964) - unfilmed script based on book by [[Ian Fleming]]<ref name="Vagg"/> |
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*''[[Nobody Runs Forever]]'' (''The High Commissioner'') (1968), starring [[Rod Taylor]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Lilli Palmer]] and [[Camilla Sparv]] - based on his novel |
*''[[Nobody Runs Forever]]'' (''The High Commissioner'') (1968), starring [[Rod Taylor]], [[Christopher Plummer]], [[Lilli Palmer]] and [[Camilla Sparv]] - based on his novel only |
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*''Season of Doubt'' - unfilmed script based on his novel |
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*''[[You Can't See 'round Corners]]'' (1969) (adaptation of television series), starring Ken Shorter, [[Rowena Wallace]] and [[Carmen Duncan]] - based on his novel |
*''[[You Can't See 'round Corners]]'' (1969) (adaptation of television series), starring Ken Shorter, [[Rowena Wallace]] and [[Carmen Duncan]] - based on his novel |
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*''[[Sidecar Racers]]'' (1975) - screenplay only<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44800241 |title=STUNTMAN ON THE BIKE TRACKS. |newspaper=[[Australian_Women's_Weekly|The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)]] |location=1933 - 1982 |date=26 June 1974 |accessdate=28 February 2012 |page=49 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
*''[[Sidecar Racers]]'' (1975) - screenplay only<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44800241 |title=STUNTMAN ON THE BIKE TRACKS. |newspaper=[[Australian_Women's_Weekly|The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982)]] |location=1933 - 1982 |date=26 June 1974 |accessdate=28 February 2012 |page=49 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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*''Scobie Malone'' (''Helga's Web'') (1975), starring [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]], [[Judy Morris]], [[Shane Porteous]] and Jacqueline Kott - based on his novel |
*''Scobie Malone'' (''Helga's Web'') (1975), starring [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]], [[Judy Morris]], [[Shane Porteous]] and Jacqueline Kott - film based on his novel - Cleary wrote a script that was not used |
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*''[[High Road to China]]'' (1983), starring [[Bess Armstrong]] and [[Tom Selleck]] - based on his novel |
*''[[High Road to China]]'' (1983), starring [[Bess Armstrong]] and [[Tom Selleck]] - based on his novel |
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*''Just Let Me Be'' (1957) - Cleary did the adaptation of his novel |
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*''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]'' (1961) - two episodes |
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*''Spearfield's Daughter'' (1986) (mini series), starring Christopher Plummer, [[Nancy Marchand]], Kim Braden and [[Steve Railsback]] - based on his novel |
*''Spearfield's Daughter'' (1986) (mini series), starring Christopher Plummer, [[Nancy Marchand]], Kim Braden and [[Steve Railsback]] - based on his novel |
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===Radio Plays=== |
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*''Safe Horizon'' (1944) |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 04:56, 3 March 2012
Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 1917–19 July 2010[1][2]) was an Australian author. He wrote many books, among them The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and The High Commissioner (1966), the first of a long series of popular detective fiction works featuring Sydney Police Inspector Scobie Malone. A number of Cleary's works have been the subject of film or television adaptations.
Biography
Early Life
Cleary was born in Erskineville, Sydney and educated at Marist Brothers College Randwick. He left school in 1932 at the age of fourteen, and spent the following eight years doing a variety of jobs, notably as a commercial artist for Austral Toon under Eric Porter.[3] He enlisted in the Australian army on 27 May 1940 and served in the Middle East before being transferred to the Military History Unit. He served for a time in New Guinea, where his clerk was Lee Robinson, and was discharged on 10 October 1945 with the rank of lieutenant.[4]
Writing Career
Cleary began writing regularly in the army and in 1945 won equal first prize in a competition for the ABC for his play Safe Horizon.[5] He also began submitting his short stories to American magazines.[6]
His first novel was the 1947 work, You Can't See 'Round Corners, which dwelt on the life of an army deserter wanted for the sensational murder of his girlfriend in wartime Sydney. He started writing this in the army and finished it on board a ship en route to London where Cleary had hoped to find work as a screenwriter.[3] Instead he worked as a journalist for the Australia News and Information Bureau from 1948–50, a job he continued in New York from 1950–51.[7] All this time he kept writing short stories and novels. His second book, The Long Shadow, was written after his editor Graham Greene suggested he try his hand at a thriller.[3] The success of The Sundowners, which ultimately sold over three million copies and was sold to the movies, meant he could write full time.
Cleary and his wife then lived in Italy for a year and in 1953 they returned home after seven years away.[8] However he continued to travel extensively, living abroad again for some stints, and many of his novels were set in exotic locations.
He occasionally wrote screenplays, including an adaptation of his novels The Green Helment and The Sundowners (1960).
Cleary and his wife had two daughters, one of whom died of cancer. He died on 19 July 2010, aged 92.
Awards
- the Australian Broadcasting Commission prize for radio drama in 1944
- the Australian Literary Society's Crouch Medal for Best Australian Novel in 1950
- an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Novel (Peter's Pence) in 1975
- the Australian Crime Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
- 1996 – Ned Kelly Awards Lifelong Contribution to the Crime, Mystery and Detective Genres[9]
- 2004 – Ned Kelly Awards Best Novel for Degrees of Connection[9]
Bibliography
Novels
- You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) - an Australian soldier deserts during World War II
- The Long Shadow (1949) - a man goes on the run in rural New South Wales for a crime he did not commit[10]
- Just Let Me Be (1950)[11]
- The Sundowners (1952)
- The Climate of Courage (1954)
- Justin Bayard (1955) (aka Dust in the Sun)
- The Mayor's Nest (1956) - unpublished novel about Australian politics
- The Green Helmet (1957)
- Back of Sunset (1959) - set against the background of the Royal Flying Doctor Service
- North From Thursday (1960) - set against the background of a volcano eruption in New Guinea based on the 1951 eruption at Mount Lamington
- Strike Me Lucky (1961) - co-wrote with his wife Joy[12] - Cleay later adapted this into a play[13]
- The Country of Marriage (1962)
- Forests of the Night (1963) - set in Burma
- A Flight of Chariots (1963)
- The Fall of an Eagle (1965) - set in Anatolia
- The High Commissioner (1966) - the first Scobie Malone novel
- The Pulse of Danger (1966) - set in Bhutan
- The Long Pursuit (1967) - about a group of people escaping the Japanese following the Battle of Singapore in World War II
- Season of Doubt (1968) - set in Beirut
- Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)[13]
- Helga's Web (1970) - Scobie Malone novel
- Mask of the Andes (1971) (aka The Liberators) - set in Bolivia
- Man's Estate (1972) (aka The Ninth Marquess)
- Ransom (1973) - Scobie Malone novel[14]
- The Safe House (1975)[15]
- Peter's Pence (1975)
- A Sound of Lightning (1976)[16]
- High Road to China (1977)
- Vortex (1979)[17]
- The Vacant Mine (1979) - uncompleted novel
- The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
- A Very Private War (1980)
- The Faraway Drums (1981)
- The Golden Sabre (1981)
- Spearfield's Daughter (1982)
- The Phoenix Tree (1984)
- The City of Fading Light (1985) - set in 1930s Berlin
- Dragons at the Party (1987) - Scobie Malone novel
- Now and Then, Amen (1988) - Scobie Malone novel
- Babylon South (1989) - Scobie Malone novel
- You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be)
- Murder Song (1990) - Scobie Malone novel
- Pride's Harvest (1991) - Scobie Malone novel
- Dark Summer (1992) - Scobie Malone novel
- Bleak Spring (1993) - Scobie Malone novel
- Autumn Maze (1994) - Scobie Malone novel
- Winter Chill (1995) - Scobie Malone novel
- Endpeace (1996) - Scobie Malone novel
- Five Ring Circus (1998) - Scobie Malone novel
- A Different Turf (1998) - Scobie Malone novel
- Dilemma (1999) - Scobie Malone novel
- Bear Pit (2000) - Scobie Malone novel
- Yesterday's Shadow (2001) - Scobie Malone novel
- The Easy Sin (2002) - Scobie Malone novel
- Degrees of Connection (2003) - Scobie Malone novel
- Miss Ambar Regrets (2004)
- Morning's Gone (2006)
- Four-Cornered Circle (2007)
Short stories
- Brandy Martin and My Old Man (1945)[18]
- My Heart is Dead and Gone[19]
- Hullo Joe (1945)
- These Small Glories (1946) - a collection of his short stories
- Late Date (1946)[20]
- The Stranger (1946)[21]
- See You on the Bus (1946)[22]
- Pillar of Salt (1953)
- No Taste for Trouble (1954)[23]
Films
- Dust in the Sun (Justin Bayard) (1958), starring Jill Adams and Ken Wayne - original novel only
- The Siege of Pinchgut (1959) - screenplay only
- The Sundowners (1960), starring Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustinov - based on his novel, did uncredited rewrite on script
- The Green Helmet (1961), starring Bill Travers, Ed Begley, Sid James and Nancy Walters - based on his novel, wrote script
- Strike Me Lucky (1961) - unfilmed script based on his novel
- Damon and Pythias (1962) - uncredited contribution to script[3]
- The Sea Lab 1963) - unfilmed script
- The Diamond Smugglers (1964) - unfilmed script based on book by Ian Fleming[3]
- Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) (1968), starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer and Camilla Sparv - based on his novel only
- Season of Doubt - unfilmed script based on his novel
- You Can't See 'round Corners (1969) (adaptation of television series), starring Ken Shorter, Rowena Wallace and Carmen Duncan - based on his novel
- Sidecar Racers (1975) - screenplay only[24]
- Scobie Malone (Helga's Web) (1975), starring Jack Thompson, Judy Morris, Shane Porteous and Jacqueline Kott - film based on his novel - Cleary wrote a script that was not used
- High Road to China (1983), starring Bess Armstrong and Tom Selleck - based on his novel
TV
- Just Let Me Be (1957) - Cleary did the adaptation of his novel
- Bus Stop (1961) - two episodes
- You Can't See 'Round Corners (1967), starring Ken Shorter, John Armstrong, Rowena Wallace and Carmen Duncan - based on his novel only
- Spearfield's Daughter (1986) (mini series), starring Christopher Plummer, Nancy Marchand, Kim Braden and Steve Railsback - based on his novel
Radio Plays
- Safe Horizon (1944)
Notes
- ^ Malcolm Brown, Brisbane Times, 28 July 2010
- ^ The Reading Room, Vale to Jon Cleary, 27 July 2010
- ^ a b c d e Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
- ^ World War 2 Nominal Roll for Jon Cleary[1]
- ^ "Divided Award In ABC Competition". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 31 January 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "CLEARY HEARD NEWS IN LONDON". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 December 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "A Man in a Queue". Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950). WA: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR RETURNS HOME". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 21 October 1953. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Ned Kelly Awards". Australian Crime Fiction Database. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
- ^ "NEW FICTION". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 24 December 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Violence Breaks Out At Coogee". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 February 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "JOY CLEARY: She's happy to let Jon be the author". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 20 September 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b ""I'm disenchanted with Sydney...but it's home"". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 30 July 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "THE RETURN OF SCOBIE MALONE". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1973. p. 15. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "The safe house". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 3 September 1975. p. 124. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "a sound of LIGHTNING". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 16 June 1976. p. 86. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "VORTEX". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 19 October 1977. p. 183. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ ""T H E SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" SHORT STORY". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 18 July 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ ""THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" SHORT STORY". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "LATE DATE". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 2 April 1946. p. 4 Supplement: The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "The Stranger". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 June 1946. p. 7 Supplement: The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "See you [?] on the bus". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 7 September 1946. p. 1 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ This story was serialised in the Sydney Morning Herald in 1954 on Feb 13, Feb 15, Feb 16, Feb 17, Feb 18, Feb19, Feb 20 Pt 1, Feb 20 Pt 2, Feb 22, Feb 23, Feb 25, Feb 26
- ^ "STUNTMAN ON THE BIKE TRACKS". The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982). 1933 - 1982: National Library of Australia. 26 June 1974. p. 49. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
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