Judith Clarke Explained

Judith Clarke should not be confused with Judith Alice Clark.

Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and young adults.^[1]

Life

Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 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.

Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in Melbourne.^[3]

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,

External links

• "Refreshingly Upbeat", January Magazine, Sue Bursztynski
• "One Whole & Perfect Day", revish, Jaemi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clarke, Judith : Boyds Mills Contributors . 2010-04-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100225062043/http://www.boydsmillspress.com/contributors/contributors/clarke_judith.html . 25 February 2010 .
2. Web site: Clarke, Judith 1943- Encyclopedia.com. 2020-10-16. www.encyclopedia.com.
3. Web site: 2020-05-20. Vale Judith Clarke. 2020-10-16. Books+Publishing. en-AU.