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Judith Clarke


(b.1943)

Judith Clarke was born in Sydney and educated at the University of New South Wales and the Australian National University in Canberra. She has worked as a teacher and librarian, and in Adult Education in Victoria and New South Wales.

A major force in YA fiction both in Australia and internationally, Judith Clarke's novels include the multi-award-winning Wolf on the Fold, as well as Friend of my Heart, Night Train, Starry Nights, One Whole and Perfect Day, and the very popular and funny Al Capsella series. She is unsurpassed in her ability to convey complex emotional states with acute understanding and compassion.
 


Genres: Children's Fiction
 
Series
Al Capsella
   The Heroic Life of Al Capsella (1989)
   Al Capsella and the Watchdogs (1990)
   Al Capsella on Holidays (1992)
     aka Al Capsella Takes a Vacation
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Novels
   Riffraff (1992)
   Friend of My Heart (1994)
   Big Night Out (1995)
   The Lost Day (1997)
   Night Train (1998)
   Angels Passing By (1999)
   Starry Nights (2001)
   Mother Tough Wrote the Book (2002)
   Kalpana's Dream (2004)
   One Whole and Perfect Day (2006)
   The Winds of Heaven (2010)
   Three Summers (2014)
   My Lovely Frankie (2018)
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Collections
   Panic Stations (1995)
   The Moral of the Story (1999)
   Wolf On the Fold (2000)
   That's All She Wrote (2007)
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Picture Books show
 
Award nominations
2008 Michael L. Printz Award (nominee) : One Whole and Perfect Day


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