Catherine Jinks

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Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian author. She has written more than 30 books for all ages, and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, and the Davitt Award for Crime Fiction.

Personal life

Catherine was born in Brisbane, Queensland. She grew up in Papua New Guinea, where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to high school in Sydney. In 2006, her alma mater, Ku-ring-gai High School, named its library after her. From 1982 to 1986, Catherine studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with an honours degree in medieval history. She then worked on Westpac Banking Corporation’s staff magazine for approximately seven years. In 1992 she married Peter Dockrill, a Canadian journalist; in 1993 she and her husband left Australia for a brief spell in Nova Scotia, where she began to write full-time. They returned to Australia in 1994, and Catherine gave birth to her daughter Hannah in 1997. Since 1998, she and her family have been living in Leura, New South Wales. To date, she has written forty one different books.

Books

  • This Way Out (1991)
  • The Future Trap (1993)
  • Witch Bank (1995)
  • The Secret of Hermitage Isle (1996)
  • An Evening with the Messiah (1996)
  • Little White Secrets (1997)
  • Eye to Eye (1998)
  • The Horrible Holiday (1998)
  • Piggy in the Middle (1998)
  • The Stinking Great Lie (1999)
  • The Inquisitor (2000)
  • The Notary (2000)
  • You'll Wake the Baby (2000)
  • What's Hector McKerrow Doing These Days (2000)
  • Bella Vista (2001)
  • The Rapture (2001)
  • The Gentleman's Garden (2002)
  • Daryl's Dinner (2002)
  • The Road (2004)
  • Spinning Around (2004)
  • The Secret Familiar (2006)
  • Katie & Cleo Move In (2007)
  • Living Hell (2007)
  • Dark Mountain (2008)
  • The Reformed Vampire Support Group (2009)
  • The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group (2010)
  • The Paradise Trap (2011)
  • Saving Thanehaven (2013)

"Genius" series

  • Evil Genius (2005)
  • Genius Squad (2008)
  • The Genius Wars (2009)

"Pagan's Chronicles" series

  • Pagan's Crusade (1992)
  • Pagan in Exile (1994)
  • Pagan's Vows (1995)
  • Pagan's Scribe (1995)
  • Pagan's Daughter (2006)

"City of Orphans" series

  • A Very Unusual Pursuit (2013)
  • A Very Peculiar Plague (2013)

"Allie's Ghost Hunters" series

  • Eglantine (2002)
  • Eustace (2003)
  • Eloise (2004)
  • Elysium (2007)

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