Judith Clarke

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

Life 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.

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,