Katherine Scholes
Katherine Scholes | |
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Born | Katherine Anne Scholes 1959 Dodoma Region, Tanzania |
Occupation | Writer for children |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1985- |
Notable works | The Blue Chameleon |
Notable awards | 1990 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, winner |
Katherine Anne Scholes (born 5 July 1959) is an Australian writer.[1]
She was born in the Dodoma Region of Tanzania where her parents were English missionaries, and spent most of her childhood there before moving to England and then Tasmania.[2]
She currently lives in Tasmania with her filmmaker husband Roger Scholes (1950-2022) and their two sons.
Scholes is the author of the international bestsellers Make Me An Idol, The Rain Queen and The Stone Angel. She has also written several children's books including the acclaimed Peacetimes, The Boy and the Whale and a young adult novel The Blue Chameleon, which won a New South Wales State Literary Award. All of her books have been translated into numerous languages. Katherine also works in the film industry.
Bibliography
Novels
- The Blue Chameleon (1989)
- Make Me an Idol (1996)
- The Rain Queen (2000)
- The Stone Angel (2006)
- The Hunter's Wife (2009)
- Lioness (2011)
- The Perfect Wife (2013)
- Congo Dawn (2016)
- The Beautiful Mother (2020)
Picture Book
- Peacetime with Robert Ingpen (illustrator) (2019)
Poetry
- We the Earth (1995)
Awards
- 1990 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, winner[3]
References
- ^ "Austlit — Katherine Scholes". Austlit. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Scholes, Katherine: Serengeti homecoming, The Age, 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Austlit — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature (1990-1992)". Austlit. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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