Catherine Jinks

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]

Catherine Jinks
Born1963
Brisbane, Queensland
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
Years active1986-

Personal life

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.

Books

Awards
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References
  1. Austlit - Catherine Jinks(subscription required)
  2. "Colin Roderick Award 2020 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-08-03.

Further reading
  • Cohen, J. (1993). An Interview with Cathy Jinks. Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia, 37(1), 9-10.
  • Masson, S. (1995). An Interview with Catherine Jinks about Witch Bank. Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia, 39(4), p. 12
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