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Carole Wilkinson Carole Wilkinson i(A30080 works by)
Born: Established: 1950 Derby, Derbyshire,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 31 Mar 1963
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BiographyHistory

Wilkinson emigrated to Australia at the age of 12 with her family and settled in Port Adelaide, where she was schooled.

After working for many years in as a laboratory assistant, Wilkinson turned to writing at the age of forty. Her first book, Stagefright, was published in 1986.

Although Wilkinson's Black Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly won the Eve Pownall Award at the 2003 Children's Book Council (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards, it was Dragonkeeper (published 2003) that really cemented Wilkinson's success: Dragonkeeper and its sequels have won KOALA Awards, Queensland Premier's Literary awards, Aurealis Awards, CBCA Awards, and Western Australian Young Readers' Awards, and have been shortlisted for many more, including being shortlisted for the Patricia Wrightson Award (NSW Premier's Literary Awards) three times for three books. Books from the series have been taught at La Trobe University and the University of New England. In 2017, an adaptation of the series was announced, a Chinese-Spanish co-production.

In addition to the works listed, Wilkinson has also written The Games: The Extraordinary History of the Modern Olympics, Fire in the Belly: The Inside Story of the Modern Olympics, and Atmospheric (which won an Environment Award for Children's Literature [Non-fiction] in 2016). Other publications include reference works for children on a wide range of subjects including shipwrecks and medieval knights.

Carole Wilkinson is the mother of the writer Lili Wilkinson.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon River to Bay : Victoria's Maritime History Cammeray : Simon and Schuster Australia , 2023 26226733 2023 single work information book children's

'Kulin Nation country is abundant with waterways essential to the way the traditional owners have lived for more than 40,000 years.

'Those same crucial waterways are where the first ships of European settlers found safe harbour in their trips of exploration.

'What they found would determine the development of Victoria.' (Publication summary)

2024 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
y separately published work icon Earth Matters : Loving Our Planet Fitzroy : Wild Dog Books , 2021 20981219 2021 single work picture book children's

'The Earth’s climate is changing. It’s getting hotter. In Australia over the past 50 years, maximum temperatures have been creeping higher. There have been record droughts, floods and bushfires. Why is this happening and what can we do to stop it getting worse? ' (Publication summary)

2022 shortlisted Educational Publishing Awards Australia Primary Primary educational picture book
y separately published work icon Matthew Flinders : Adventures on Leaky Ships Fitzroy : Wild Dog Books , 2020 18306303 2020 single work picture book children's

 'Matthew Flinders was a country boy who wanted to be a sailor. He lived at a time when ocean voyages took months, sometimes years. His life at sea was full of adventure and danger. He was the first to sail all the way around Australia. He drew the first complete map of the continent. Sailing was a dangerous business in Matthew's time that could end in shipwreck, disease or death. He wanted to make it safer for sailors by making his map as accurate as possible.' (Publication summary)

2021 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Eve Pownall Award
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