Julia Blackburn

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Julia Blackburn, photo by her husband, sculpturist Herman Makkink (2013)

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]

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

Awards and honors

  • 2012 Dolman Best Travel Book Award, shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys in and around an Italian Mountain Village
  • 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)[2]
  • The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008)
  • Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011)

References

  1. ↑ Printed Matter – Julia Blackburn – Page
  2. ↑ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/julia-blackburn/ Reference for the entire bibliography.

External links

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