Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an

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writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the

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Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the

Davitt Award The Davitt Awards are literary awards which are presented annually by the Sisters in Crime Australia association. The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812–1879) who wrote Australia's first mystery novel, ''Force and Fraud'' in 186 ...

for crime fiction.

Early life

Jinks was born in

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, and grew up in

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where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to Ku-ring-gai High School in

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, where the library was named after her in 2007.

Books

*This Way Out (1991) *The Future Trap (1993) *Witch Bank (1995) *The Secret of Hermitage Isle (1996) *An Evening with the Messiah (1996) *Little White Secrets (1997) * Eye to Eye (1998) *The Horrible Holiday (1998) *Piggy in the Middle (1998) *The Stinking Great Lie (1999) *The Inquisitor (2000) *The Notary (2000) *You'll Wake the Baby (2000) *What's Hector McKerrow Doing These Days (2000) *Bella Vista (2001) *The Rapture (2001) *The Gentleman's Garden (2002) *Daryl's Dinner (2002) *The Road (2004) *Spinning Around (2004) *The Secret Familiar (2006) *Katie & Cleo Move In (2007) *Living Hell (2007) *Dark Mountain (2008) *The Paradise Trap (2011) *Saving Thanehaven (2013) *Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief (2015) *Shepherd (2019) *Shelter (2021) *The Attack (2021)

Fiction series

;Pagan's Chronicles *Pagan's Crusade (1992) *Pagan in Exile (1994) *Pagan's Vows (1995) *Pagan's Scribe (1995) *Pagan's Daughter (2006) ;Allie's Ghost Hunters *Eglantine (2002) *Eustace (2003) *Eloise (2004) *Elysium (2007) ;Genius *Evil Genius (2005) *Genius Squad (2008) *The Genius Wars (2009) ;Support Group * ''The Reformed Vampire Support Group'' (2009) * ''The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group'' (2010) ;City of Orphans *A Very Unusual Pursuit (2013) *A Very Peculiar Plague (2013) * A Very Singular Guild

Awards

* 1996 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers – ''Pagan's Vows'' * 1997 co-winner Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel – ''Eye to Eye'' * 1998 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers – ''Eye to Eye'' * 2001 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers – ''You'll Wake the Baby'' * 2006 winner

— Best Young Adult Book – ''Evil Genius'' * 2009 winner

— Best Young Adult Book – ''Genius Squad'' * 2014 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers – ''A Very Unusual Pursuit'' * 2019 winner Best Novel, Australian Shadow Awards – ''Shepherd'' * 2020 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award — ''Shepherd''

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