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.

Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in Melbourne.

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, ISBN 978-0-7022-2203-0
 * Riffraff, H. Holt, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8050-1774-8
 * Friend of my Heart, University of Queensland Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-7022-2699-1
 * Panic stations, University of Queensland Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7022-2696-0
 * Big Night Out, Shorts, 1995, ISBN 978-1-86291-266-3
 * Lost Day, Puffin Books, 1997, ISBN 9780140382907
 * Nighttrain, Puffin, 1998, ISBN 978-0-14-038772-8
 * Starry Nights, Allen & Unwin, 2001, ISBN 978-1-86508-604-0
 * Wolf on the Fold, Allen & Unwin, 2002, ISBN 978-1-86508-796-2
 * Kalpana's Dream, Allen & Unwin, 2004, ISBN 9781741142532
 *  One Whole and Perfect Day, Allen & Unwin, 2006, ISBN 978-1-74114-856-5; (Front Street, 2007) ISBN 978-1-932425-95-6
 * The Winds of Heaven, Allen & Unwin, 2009, ISBN 978-1-74175-731-6
 *  Capsella series
 * The heroic life of Al Capsella, University of Queensland Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-7022-2109-5
 * Al Capsella takes a vacation, Holt, 1993, ISBN 978-0-8050-2685-6
 * My Lovely Frankie, Allen & Unwin, 2017, ISBN 9781760296339