Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of

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for children and young adults.

Life

Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in

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. She worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian. She graduated from the

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, and

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. Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Judith 1943 births 2020 deaths Australian children's writers Australian women children's writers Writers from Sydney