Julia Blackburn

Julia Blackburn (born 1948) is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet Thomas Blackburn and artist Rosalie de Meric.^[1] A "shield" between her parents, her father once apologised for hitting Blackburn when he intended to strike her mother,^[2] she had a greater fear of de Meric.^[3]

Julia Blackburn's bohemian upbringing is the subject of her memoir The Three of Us (2008).

1 Awards and honors
2 Bibliography
- 2.1 Novels
- 2.2 Non fiction
3 References
4 External links

Awards and honors

2011 Costa Book Awards (Biography), shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain Village
1999 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Leper's Companions
1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions
1996 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Book of Colour

Bibliography

Novels

The Book of Colour (1995)
The Leper's Companions (1999)
My Animals and Other Family (2007)

Non fiction

Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller (1991)
Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines (1994)
The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St.Helena (2000)
Old Man Goya (2002)
With Billie (2005)^[4]
The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008)
Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011)

References

^ Printed Matter – Julia Blackburn – Page
^ Margarette Driscoll "Julia Blackburn's wild youth as a Sixties Lolita", The Sunday Times, 27 April 2008
^ Julia Blackburn "An infernal triangle", Daily Telegraph, 19 April 2008
^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/julia-blackburn/ Reference for the entire bibliography.

External links

Author's official website

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