Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of
short stories for children and young adults.
Life
Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in
Sydney
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.
She worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian. She graduated from the
University of New South Wales, and
Australian National University.
Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in
Melbourne.
Awards
* Young People's Talking Book of the Year Award (1991) 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, 2000), 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 (2007) for ''One Whole and Perfect Day''
* Michael L. Printz Honor Book, for ''One Whole and Perfect Day
''
* Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction (2018) shortlisted for ''My Lovely Frankie''
Works
* ''The boy on the lake: stories of the supernatural'', University of Queensland Press, 1989,
* ''Riffraff'', H. Holt, 1992,
''Friend of my Heart'' University of Queensland Press, 1994,
*''Panic stations'', University of Queensland Press, 1995,
*''Big Night Out'', Shorts, 1995,
*''Lost Day'', Puffin Books, 1997,
*''Nighttrain'', Puffin, 1998,
*''Starry Nights'', Allen & Unwin, 2001,
*''Wolf on the Fold'', Allen & Unwin, 2002,
''Kalpana's Dream'' Allen & Unwin, 2004,
'' One Whole and Perfect Day'' Allen & Unwin, 2006, ; (Front Street, 2007)
''The Winds of Heaven'' Allen & Unwin, 2009,
*'' Capsella'' series
**''The heroic life of Al Capsella'', University of Queensland Press, 1988,
**''Al Capsella takes a vacation'', Holt, 1993,
*''My Lovely Frankie'', Allen & Unwin, 2017,
References
External links
''January Magazine'', Sue Bursztynski
"One Whole & Perfect Day" ''revish'', Jaemi
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1943 births
2020 deaths
Australian children's writers
Australian women children's writers
Writers from Sydney