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Jesse Blackadder Jesse Blackadder i(A77675 works by) (a.k.a. Jesse Kate Blackadder)
Born: Established: 1964 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Jun 2020
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Jesse Blackadder graduated from the New South Wales Institute of Technology with a bachelor of arts in Communications, majoring in film and writing. She later received a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney. She also held a Master of Applied Science (Social Ecology), also from the University of Western Sydney.

Blackadder publishing her first novel for adults in 2005: After the Party. It was followed by historical novel The Raven's Heart (2011), a story of Mary, Queen of Scots. Her third novel, Chasing the Light : A Novel of Antarctica, was funded by an Antarctic Arts Fellowship. Blackadder also published a range of children's books, focusing on Australian animals such as koalas and flying foxes, as well as influential introduced species, including brumbies. One work, Stay : The Last Dog in Antarctica, was also influenced by her Antarctic Arts Fellowship.

Blackadder's novel Sixty Seconds (2017) explores the devastating aftermath of a backyard tragedy.

From 2016, Blackadder branched out into screen-writing, with writers' room placements on Mustangs FC (Matchbox Pictures) and Seven Little Australians (Every Cloud Productions). With eleven other women, she was selected as part of The Athena Project, an initiative to develop the careers of women scriptwriters, funded by Screen Australia's Gender Matters: Brilliant Careers program.

Blackadder had been the student representative for the Association of the Study of Literature, the Environment, and Culture - Australia and New Zealand. She was a member of the Byron Writers Festival board and founder of the festival's StoryBoard, a mobile creative program for young people.

Jesse Blackadder died in June 2020, after a battle with cancer.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2018 recipient Antarctic Arts Fellowship
2018 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Literature

  Arts Projects For Individuals and Groups $15,000.00

2016 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Australia Council Literature Board Grants Literature Arts Projects For Individuals and Groups $35,000.00

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Frankie Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2019 15424579 2019 single work children's fiction children's

'Frankie’s dream is more like a nightmare when her new horse turns out to be Zen – a shaggy, disobedient clown of a pony, who will totally wreck her chances of fitting in at Pony Club in her new town. Zen is everything Frankie doesn’t want – until the magnetic horse whisperer Shannon shows her just what Zen could be if ridden freely. Natural horsemanship opens up a whole new way of riding and a whole new world of connection between Zen and Frankie. But Frankie’s dad is getting more depressed after her parents’ divorce, star rider and star mean girl Violet has it in for Frankie, and her best friend Kai is keeping a secret. Then Shannon announces she’s closing down her riding centre. Frankie’s got an idea that could save it … but can she and Zen rise to the challenge?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 shortlisted Children's Peace Literature Award
Last Days in Byron 2009 single work short story
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 2009; (p. 328-330)
2009 Winner Mardi Gras Short Story Competition
y separately published work icon After the Party Prahran : Hardie Grant Books , 2005 Z1201382 2005 single work novel humour

'Byron Bay, 5 December. On a cool, moonlit night, a group of eccentrics gather for a dinner party hosted by feng shui consultant ‘Black Dragon’. Before the night is through, a relationship will implode, a teenager will overdose, a woman will fall in love with the wrong person, and a robust fish curry will lead to a murder investigation.

'As far as parties go, it’s a disaster. But Byron Bay has more surprises in store for Black Dragon, when her perfectly designed life is turned upside-down by an anonymous lover, a possible pregnancy and an unresolved past.

'Between the steamy rainforests of the hinterland and the turquoise ocean, colonised by cane toads, fortune tellers, acrobats and tourists, death and destiny hover, waiting to pounce...

'Full of subversive wit, After the Party is a sensuous, passionate story about life-changing moments and collisions with fate.' (Publication summary)

2010 shortlisted Australian Book Review Fan Poll
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