Catherine Jinks
Australian writer
Catherine Jinks | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1986-present |
Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the Davitt Award for crime fiction.[1]
Early life
Jinks was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up in Papua New Guinea where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to Ku-ring-gai High School in Sydney, where the library was named after her[2] in 2007.
Books
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Awards
- 1996 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers – Pagan's Vows
- 1997 co-winner Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel – Eye to Eye
- 1998 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers – Eye to Eye
- 2001 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers – You'll Wake the Baby
- 2006 winner Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book – Evil Genius
- 2009 winner Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book – Genius Squad
- 2014 winner Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers – A Very Unusual Pursuit
- 2019 winner Best Novel, Australian Shadow Awards – Shepherd[3]
- 2020 shortlisted Colin Roderick Award — Shepherd[4]
References
- ^ Austlit - Catherine Jinks(subscription required)
- ^ "Our Facilities". web.archive.org. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "2019 Australian Shadows Awards Winners". Locus Online. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
Further reading
- Cohen, J. (1993). An Interview with Cathy Jinks. Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia, 37(1), 9-10.
- Masson, S. (1995). An Interview with Catherine Jinks about Witch Bank. Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia, 39(4), p. 12
External links
- Official website
- Catherine Jinks at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Catherine Jinks at Library of Congress, with 38 library catalog records
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Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers
- Rummage by Christobel Mattingley (1982)
- Thing by Robin Klein (1983)
- Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984)
- Something Special by Emily Rodda (1985)
- Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986)
- Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda (1987)
- My Place by Nadia Wheatley (1988)
- The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda (1989)
- Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams (1990)
- Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda (1991)
- The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg (1992)
- The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher (1993)
- Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1994)
- Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr (1995)
- Swashbuckler by James Moloney (1996)
- Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson (1997)
- Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal (1998)
- My Girragunji by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)
- Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (2000)
- Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001)
- My Dog by John Heffernan (2002)
- Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson (2003)
- Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2004)
- The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2005)
- Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham (2006)
- Being Bee by Catherine Bateson (2007)
- Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson (2008)
- Perry Angel's Suitcase by Glenda Millard (2009)
- Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch (2010)
- The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (2011)
- Crow Country by Kate Constable (2012)
- The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett (2013)
- City Of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit by Catherine Jinks (2014)
- The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson (2015)
- Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2016)
- Rockhopping by Trace Balla (2017)
- How To Bee by Bren MacDibble (2018)
- His Name Was Winter by Emily Rodda (2019)
- The Little Wave by Pip Harry (2020)
- Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon (2021)
- A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (2022)
- Runt by Craig Silvey (2023)
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks (2024)
- Picture Book (1955–present)
- Early Childhood (2001–present)
- Older Readers (1946–present)
- Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)