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Kate Gordon
Born	1982 (age 42–43) Tasmania, Australia
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Australian
Genre	Young adult fiction
Website
www.kategordon.com.au

Kate Gordon is an Australian writer of young adult fiction.

Biography

Gordon was born in 1982 in Tasmania, Australia. Gordon has studied Performing Arts and Information Management at the University of Tasmania, and Literary Studies at Deakin University. Prior to writing, she has worked as a librarian and bookseller, specialising in children's and young adult books.

In 2010, her first novel was published by Allen & Unwin, 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. Unlike her first novel, Thyla is a paranormal fiction, set in Hobart, Tasmania and its surroundings. It was inspired by a visit to the Cascades Female Factory historical site, and also a story written for her by her father about a thylacine 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

• Three things about Daisy Blue. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2010. ISBN 9781742372129.
• Thyla. Random House Australia. 2011. ISBN 9781864718812.
• Vulpi. Random House Australia. 2012. ISBN 9781742752365.
• Writing Clementine. Allen & Unwin. 2014. ISBN 9781743316634.
• Twenty-five Memories of Viggo MacDuff. Odyssey Books. 2017. ISBN 9781925652291.
• Girl Running, Boy Falling. Rhiza Edge. 2018. ISBN 9781925563528.
• Juno Jones, Word Ninja. Yellow Brick Books. 2019. ISBN 9780994557094.
• Juno Jones, Mystery Writer. Yellow Brick Books. 2019. ISBN 9780648492528.
• Juno Jones, Book Sleuth. Yellow Brick Books. 2020. ISBN 9780648492566.
• The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn. UQP. 2020. ISBN 9780702262821.
• Aster's Good, Right Things. Yellow Brick Books. 2020. ISBN 9780648492573.
• The Ballad of Melodie Rose. UQP. 2021. ISBN 9780702263217.
• Juno Jones, Rival Reader. Yellow Brick Books. 2021. ISBN 9780648492580.
• Xavier in the Meantime. Yellow Brick Books. 2022. ISBN 9780645218091.

Picture books

• Bird on a Wire. Hardie Grant Egmont. 2019. ISBN 9781760128586.
• Amira's Magpie. Wombat Books. 2021. ISBN 9781925563986.

Anthologies

• Wessely, Tehani, ed. (2013). "Shadows". One Small Step: An Anthology of Discoveries. FableCroft Publishing. ISBN 9780987400000.
• Pierce, Alexandra; Mondal, Mimi, eds. (2017). "Dear Ms Butler". Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler. Twelfth Planet Press. ISBN 9781922101440.

Critical studies and reviews

• McGovern, Margot (June 2011). "". Australian Book Review (332): 79.

References

1. Gordon, Kate. "Bio". www.kategordon.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "Allen & Unwin - Three Things About Daisy Blue". www.allenandunwin.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
3. "Girlfriend Fiction - About The Series". www.allenandunwin.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
4. "Random House Australia - Thyla". www.randomhouse.com.au. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
5. Gordon, Kate. "Published Author Interview with: Kate Gordon". www..blogspot.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
6. "Random House Australia - Vulpi". www.randomhouse.com.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
7. "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
8. Book 20 in the Girlfriend Fiction series.
9. "Writing Clementine". 28 August 2013.

External links

• Official site
• Rhiza Edge author page

• 1982 births
• Australian children's writers
• Living people
• Writers from Tasmania
• Australian women children's writers
• Australian women novelists