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J. C. Burke

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J. C. Burke

Aliases: Jane Burke

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1965 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Nationality
Australia
Languages
English
Residence History
Sydney, Australia

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1999-2024
Influenced By
Gary Crew, Libby Gleeson

Education

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Nursing
Country: Australia
Trained as a nurse and specialised in oncology

Awards

Ned Kelly Awards
2012
Work: Pig Boy
Category: Best Novel
Result: winner
Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year
2006
Work: The Story of Tom Brennan
Category: Older Readers
Organization: Children's Book Council of Australia
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Story of Tom Brennan

2005 Young adult novel

Pig Boy

2011 Young adult novel

The Red Cardigan

2004 Young adult novel
Translations
  • Dutch and Swedish editions

Bibliography

  • White Lies
  • The Red Cardigan
  • Nine Letters Long
  • The Story of Tom Brennan
  • Faking Sweet
  • Starfish Sisters
  • Ocean Pearl
  • Pig Boy
  • Pretty Girl
  • The Things We Promise

Legacy

Prominent Australian young adult novelist, winner of CBCA awards, and her works are widely studied in schools.

Trivia

  • Fourth of five sisters; parents were writers.
  • Mother died of cancer after 10 years, just after Burke's 19th birthday.