Judith Clarke facts for kids

Judith Holmes Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and teenagers.

Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in Sydney. 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. She was survived by her son and his father, Rashmi Desai.

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,
• 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,
• 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,

Illustrated

• Beck and the Great Berry Bat, Laura Driscoll, Illustrated Judith Holmes Clarke, Perfection Learning Prebound, 2006,
• Lily's Pesky Plant, Kirsten Larsen, Judith Clarke, HarperCollins Children's, 2006,
• Vidia and the Fairy Crown, Laura Driscoll, Judith Clarke, Collins Children's Books, 2006,
• Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon
• Disney Fairies: Fira and the Full Moon.