Phillip Gwynne (born 1958) is an Australian author. He is best known for his 1998 debut novel, Deadly, Unna?, a rites-of-passage story which uses Australian rules football as a backdrop to explore race relations in a small town in South Australia.Phillip Gwynne, AustLit. Retrieved 22 June 2014. The novel won several awards, selling over 200,000 copies, and was adapted into a 2002 film titled Australian Rules."Meet the Author: Phillip Gwynne" , Good Reading Magazine. Retrieved 22 June 2014. Gwynne has written numerous other books, including children's and young adult books as well as screenplays for television and movies.