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Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks

Australian writer

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]

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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 in 2007.

Books

Awards

References

  1. [1]
    Austlit - Catherine Jinks(subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "2019 Australian Shadows Awards Winners". Locus Online. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "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
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