Victor Kelleher

Victor Kelleher (born 1939) is an Australian writer. Kelleher was born in London and moved to Africa with his parents, at the age of fifteen. He spent the next twenty years travelling and studying in Africa, before moving to New Zealand. Kelleher received a master's degree from St Andrew's University and a Ph.D. in English Literature from The University of South Africa. He has taught in Africa, New Zealand and Australia. While in New Zealand, he began writing part-time, prompted by homesickness for Africa. He moved to Australia in 1976, with his South African wife, Alison, and was associate professor at the University of New England, in Armidale, New South Wales, before moving to Sydney to write full-time. After receiving a grant from the Australia Council Literature Board, Kelleher spent six months of 1996 at the Kessing Writers' Studio in Paris. 1993 – COOL Fiction for Older Readers Award (CBCA) won for Del-Del 1992 – nominated, Ditmar Award, Best Novel or Collection award for Brother Night and Del Del 1990 – nominated, Ditmar Award, Best Australian Long Fiction award for The Red King 1988 – nominated, Ditmar Award, Best Australian Long Fiction award for The Makers 1987 – nominated, Ditmar Award, Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel award for Taronga 1985 – Ditmar Award, Best Australian Novel award for Beast of Heaven 1983 – Children's Book Council of Australia Award for Book of the Year for Master of the Grove

List of books Series Parkland Series Parkland (1994)-Book 1 of the Parkland Series Earthsong (1995)-Book 2 of the Parkland Series Fire Dancer (1996)-Book 3 of the Parkland Series

Gibblewort the Goblin series Goblin in the Bush (2002) Goblin on the Reef (2003) Goblin in the City (2004) Goblin in the Rainforest (2004) Goblin at the Zoo (2005) Goblin in the Snow (2005) Goblin at the Beach (2007) Gibblewort the Goblin: The Get Me Outta Here! Collection (2014) Gibblewort the Goblin: The Winter Escape Collection (2014) Gibblewort the Goblin: The Summer Holiday Collection (2014)

Novels Forbidden Paths of Thual (1979) Voices from the River (1979) The Hunting of Shadroth (1981) Master of the Grove (1982) Africa And After (1983) Papio (1984) The Green Piper (1984) The Beast of Heaven (1984) Taronga (1986) The Makers (1987) Baily's Bones (1988) Em's Story (1988) The Red King (1989) Wintering (1990) Brother Night (1990) Del-Del (1992) To The Dark Tower (1992) Micky Darlin' (1992) Rescue! An African Adventure (1992) Where The Whales Sing (1994) Red Heart (1996) Storyman (1996) Slow Burn (1997) Into The Dark (1999) Riding The Whales (1999) The Ivory Trail (1999) Billy The Baked-Bean Kid (2002) Born of the Sea (2003) The Grimes Family (2004) Dogboy (2006)

Collections The Traveller: Stories of Two Continents (1988) Collected Stories (1997)

Aussie Bites Magic Violin The Gorilla Suit Tim and Tig (2007) What Dino Saw

Picture books Johnny Wombat (1996) (with Craig Smith) Where's God? (2005) (illustrated by Elise Hurst) Billy the Baked Bean Kid

As Veronica Hart Double God (1994) The House That Jack Built