Judith clarke biography

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Judith Clarke

Australian writer for children and young adults (–)

Not to be confused with Judith Alice Clark.

Judith Clarke (24 August – 14 May ) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and young adults.[1]

Life

Clarke was born on 24 August and raised in Sydney.[2] She worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian.

She graduated from the University of New South Wales, and Australian National University.[2]

Clarke died on 14 May in Melbourne.[3]

Awards

  • Young People's Talking Book of the Year Award () from the Variety Club
  • Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book in Fiction and Poetry, for Kalpana's Dream
  • Children's Books of the Year Awards Winner-Children's Book Council of Australia, for Wolf on the Fold
  • Children's Books of the Year Awards Honor, Older Readers, for Night Train (Holt, ), by the Children's Book Council of Australia
  • Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Winner, by Young Adult Fiction-State Library of Victoria, Australia
  • Queensland Premier’s Literary Young Adult Book Award winner () for One Whole and Perfect Day[3]
  • Michael L.

    Printz Honor Book, for One Whole and Perfect Day[3]

  • Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction () shortlisted for My Lovely Frankie[3]

Works

  • The boy on the lake: stories of the supernatural, University of Queensland Press, , ISBN&#;
  • Riffraff, H.

    Holt, , ISBN&#;

  • Friend of my Heart, University of Queensland Press, , ISBN&#;
  • Panic stations, University of Queensland Press, , ISBN&#;
  • Big Night Out, Shorts, , ISBN&#;
  • Lost Day, Puffin Books, , ISBN&#;
  • Nighttrain, Puffin, , ISBN&#;
  • Starry Nights, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;
  • Wolf on the Fold, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;
  • Kalpana's Dream, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;
  • One Whole and Perfect Day, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;; (Front Street, ) ISBN&#;
  • The Winds of Heaven, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;
  • Capsella series
  • My Lovely Frankie, Allen & Unwin, , ISBN&#;

References

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