
Julia Blackburn (born 1948) is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet
Thomas Blackburn and artist
Rosalie de Meric.
Julia Blackburn's bohemian and troubled upbringing is the subject of her memoir ''The Three of Us'' (2008).
Awards and honours
*1996
Orange Prize
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–2012), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017) is one of the United Kingdom's ...
, shortlist, ''
The Book of Colour''
*1999
Orange Prize
The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–2012), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017) is one of the United Kingdom's ...
, shortlist, ''
The Leper's Companions''
*1999
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
The James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are literary prizes awarded for literature written in the English language. They, along with the Hawthornden Prize, are Britain's oldest literary awards. Based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, Un ...
(Best Novel), nominee, ''The Leper's Companions''
*2009 J. R. Ackerley Award, winner, ''The Three of Us''
*2011
Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in United Kingdom, UK and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first ...
(Biography), shortlist, ''Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village''
*2012
Dolman Best Travel Book Award, shortlist, ''Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village''
*2019
Wainwright Prize, shortlist, ''Time Song: Searching for Doggerland''
Bibliography
Novels
* ''
The Book of Colour'' (1995)
* ''
The Leper's Companions'' (1999)
Non-fiction
* ''The White Men: The First Response of Aboriginal Peoples to the White Man'' (1979)
* ''Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller'' (1991)
* ''Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines'' (1994)
* ''The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St. Helena'' (2000)
* ''Old Man Goya'' (2002)
* ''With Billie: A New Look at the Unforgettable Lady Day'' (2005). Vintage. . – includes material from interviews conducted by
Linda Lipnack Kuehl
* ''My Animals and Other Family'' (2007)
* ''The Three of Us: A Family Story'' (2008)
* ''Thin Paths: Journeys in and Around an Italian Mountain Village'' (2011)
* ''Threads: The Delicate Life of John Craske'' (2015)
* ''Time Song: Searching for Doggerland'' (2019); in the US: ''Time Song: Journeys in Search of a Submerged Land'' (2019)
References
External links
Author's official website
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1948 births
Living people
British women novelists
20th-century British novelists
21st-century British novelists
20th-century British women writers
English people of Mauritian descent
Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
21st-century British women writers
British women memoirists