Kate Gordon is an Australian writer of
young adult fiction
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Biography
Gordon was born in 1982 in
Tasmania
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
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Gordon has studied Performing Arts and Information Management at the
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first pro ...
, and Literary Studies at
Deakin University. Prior to writing, she has worked as a librarian and bookseller, specialising in children's and
young adult
A young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of ...
books.
In 2010, her first novel was published by
Allen & Unwin
George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and to establish an ...
, entitled ''Three Things About Daisy Blue'', the twentieth and final novel in the
Girlfriend Fiction series.
In 2011, her second novel, ''Thyla'' was published by
Random House Australia
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Unlike her first novel, ''Thyla'' is a paranormal fiction, set in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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and its surroundings. It was inspired by a visit to the
Cascades Female Factory
The Cascades Female Factory, a former Australian workhouse for female convicts in the penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, is located in Hobart, Tasmania. Operational between 1828 and 1856, the factory is now one of the 11 sites that collective ...
historical site, and also a story written for her by her father about a
thylacine
The thylacine ( , or , also ) (''Thylacinus cynocephalus'') is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasman ...
named Tessa.
The sequel to ''Thyla'', entitled ''Vulpi'', was released in April 2012.
Her 2020 book, ''Aster's Good, Right Things'', won the 2021
Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers.
Bibliography
Novels
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*''The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn''. UQP. 2020. .
*''Aster's Good, Right Things''. Yellow Brick Books. 2020. .
*''The Ballad of Melodie Rose''. UQP. 2021. .
*''Juno Jones, Rival Reader''. Yellow Brick Books. 2021. .
*'' Xavier in the Meantime''. Yellow Brick Books. 2022. .
Picture Books
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Anthologies
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Critical studies and reviews
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References
External links
Official siteRhiza Edge author page
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1982 births
Australian children's writers
Living people
Writers from Tasmania
Australian women children's writers
Australian women novelists