Jackie French

For the U.S. author, see Jackie French Koller.

Jacqueline Anne "Jackie" French (born 29 November 1953) is an award-winning Australian author. She writes mainly children's fiction and books on gardening.

Jackie French was born in Sydney and grew up in Brisbane, but moved to the bush in her early twenties. She is a keen gardener and appeared on the TV series Burke's Backyard. She has written well over a hundred books. Jackie lives in New South Wales, near the small town of Braidwood at Araluen. She began writing when she was 30, in a desperate attempt to get enough money together to register her car. At the time, she was living in a tin shed with a black snake named Gladys and a wombat named Smudge. A hundred and thirty-two books later, she is still writing and is often dubbed Australia's most popular children's writer. Jackie also appears regularly on radio and television.

Contents

Works

Picture Books

with Bruce Whatley

Junior fiction

Short stories

Other junior fiction

Wacky Family series

  1. My Mum the Pirate
  2. My Dog the Dinosaur
  3. My Dad the Dragon
  4. My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome
  5. My Uncle Wal the Werewolf
  6. 2006: My Gran the Gorilla
  7. My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken
  8. My Gran the Gorilla
  9. My Pa the Polar Bear

Phredde the Phaery series

  1. A Phaery named Phredde - Stories to eat with a Banana
  2. Phredde and a Frog named Bruce - Stories to eat with a Watermelon
  3. Phredde and the Zombie Librarian - Stories to eat with a Blood Plum
  4. Phredde and the Temple of Gloom - A Story to eat with a Mandarin
  5. Phredde and the Leopard skin Librarian - A Story to eat with a Dinosaur Apple
  6. Phredde and the Purple Pyramid - a story to eat with a Passionfruit
  7. Phredde and the Vampire Footie Team - a story to eat with an Orange at Half Time
  8. 2005: Phredde and the Runaway Ghost Train

Outlands' trilogy

  1. In the Blood
  2. Blood Moon
  3. 2005: Blood Will Tell

The Cafe on Callisto Series

  1. Cafe on Callisto
  2. Space Pirates on Callisto
  3. 2003: Vampire Slugs on Callisto

School for Heroes series

  1. Lessons for a Werewolf Warrior
  2. Dance of the Deadly Dinosaurs

Other fiction

Junior non-fiction

Animal Heroes series

Other junior non-fiction

Adult non-fiction

Adult books

Awards

To the Moon and Back

Diary of a Wombat

Won

Shortlisted

The Secret World of Wombats

Shortlisted

They Came on Viking Ships

Shortlisted

My Dad the Dragon

Shortlisted

Tom Appleby, Convict Boy

Won

Shortlisted

Pete the Sheep

Hitler's Daughter

Won

Shortlisted

How to Guzzle Your Garden

Shortlisted

Flesh and Blood

Won

Valley of Gold

Won

Ride the Wild Wind

Won

Shortlisted

In the Blood

Won 2002: ACT Book of the Year[4]

Blood Will Tell

Shortlisted

Cafè on Callisto

Won

Lady Dance

Won

Stamp, Stomp, Whomp

Won

Missing You, Love Sara

Won

Shortlisted

Too Many Pears!

Won

Shortlisted

Daughter of the Regiment

Shortlisted

Somewhere Around the Corner

Won

Honour

Walking the Boundaries

Won

Shortlisted

Rain Stones

Shortlisted

The Roo that Won the Melbourne Cup

Won

A Rose for the Anzac Boys

Shortlisted

Notes

  1. ^ a b "The Children's Book Council of Australia, The Children's Book of the Year Awards". 26 November 2006. http://www.cbc.org.au/2009.htm#2005. 
  2. ^ "New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, 2006 Shortlist". 13 April 2006. http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/awards/LiteraryAwards/2006%20awards/2006shortlist06.htm#eth. 
  3. ^ a b "The Children's Book Council of Australia, The Children's Book of the Yea Awards". 26 November 2006. http://www.cbc.org.au/2009.htm#2005. 
  4. ^ "ACT Book of the Year Winners". ACT Virtual Library. Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831125605/http://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/literaryawards/literaryawards2. Retrieved 2007-09-03. 
  5. ^ a b c "The Children's Book Council of Australia, The Children's Book of the Year Awards 1990 - 1999". 26 November 2006. http://www.cbc.org.au/9099.htm. 
  6. ^ "The Family Therapy Associations of Australia, Award for Children's Literature". 1 July 2007. http://www.anzjft.com/books2.htm. 

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