Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and young adults.^[1]

Life

Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in Sydney.^[2] She worked as a teacher, lecturer and librarian. She graduated from the University of New South Wales, and Australian National University.^[2]

Clarke died on 14 May 2020 in Melbourne.^[3]

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^[3]
• Michael L. Printz Honor Book, for One Whole and Perfect Day^[3]
• Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction (2018) shortlisted for My Lovely Frankie^[3]

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