Celeste Walters (52 works by) (a.k.a. Celeste Sowden )
Born: Established: 10 Mar 1936 Melbourne ;
Gender: Female
Changed birth date back to 1936 as this is date in WW. (but ACB and The Source say born 1938) CL 13.12.07

Changed common name from Sowden to Walters. She wrote under the name Sowden between about mid-70s and 1991. From 1996 she has written as Walters. She has another book to be pub'd next year as Walters. As Walters is her birth name and she is using this name again now, I suspect Sowden was her married name and she is no longer married. Can't verify this.

I'm making Walters her common name as this is the name she has written under and appears to be known as since 1996. I'm making Sowden an AKA (rather than alt. writing name) as I don't think its a pseudonym.

BiographyHistory

Celeste Walters was born and educated in Melbourne. She has been a school teacher, an art gallery director, a children's theatre actor and manager, and for thirteen years a lecturer in drama and language and literature at Victoria College (now Deakin University). In 1989 she was writer-in-residence at WACAE (now Edith Cowen University) and from 1990 was a part-time lecturer in drama at La Trobe University.

Her publications include playscripts for children and adults, children's readers and texts on developmental drama. She has also written a book on the writing of eulogies.

Awards for Works

At Seventeen , 2008 novel single work 'Cat and her younger brother are at boarding school while their parents are working in Barcelona, Spain. Cat hates it and believes her mother has just dumped her there to get rid of her. When her maternal grandmother dies it is a catalyst for Cat to understand her mother and come to terms with family and friends.' (Publisher's blurb)
2008 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book
The Glass Mountain , 2003 novel single work
2004 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize
The Killing of Mud-Eye , 1997 novel single work
1997 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Young Adult Fiction
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