Judith clarke biography
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&#;