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Catherine Jinks | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1986-present |
Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the Davitt Award for crime fiction. [1]
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Jinks was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up in Papua New Guinea where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to Ku-ring-gai High School in Sydney, where the library was named after her in 2007.
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![]() | This
biography of a living person includes a list of general
references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding
inline citations. (February 2014) |
Catherine Jinks | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Language | English |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 1986-present |
Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the Davitt Award for crime fiction. [1]
![]() | This section of a
biography of a living person does not
include any
references or sources. (January 2024) |
Jinks was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up in Papua New Guinea where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to Ku-ring-gai High School in Sydney, where the library was named after her in 2007.
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Fiction series
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