Garry Disher (b. 1949) is an influential Australian crime writer who has won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel 3 times.

His most recent novel Sanctuary (2024) includes 2 Care Experienced Characters.

Grace – who was in an orphanage & foster care - is a hypervigilant, highly skilled thief. She is longing to leave her criminal lifestyle for a settled, ‘regular’ one, but is thwarted. At least Grace has the good grace to save the life of a police officer, to dob in a paeodophile, and to warn the victim of a stalker what her former partner was up to.

Adam Garrett was in foster care with Grace. Let down by Grace, he’s now on the hunt for her while doing his PI day job for a dodgy operator.