Victor Kelleher
Auteur de Taronga
A propos de l'auteur
Victor Kelleher was born in London in 1939 and moved to Australia in 1976 via Africa and New Zealand. He was formerly an associate professor of literature, but chose to write full-time from his home He writes books for both children and adults including Papio, Baily's Bones, The Red King, Taronga, afficher plus Fire Dancer, The Ivory Trail, Brother Night, Dogboy, and Goblin in the Snow. He has won numerous awards including the Ditmar Award for Best Australian Novel for Beast of Heaven in 1985, Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA) in 1991 for The Red King, the Children's Peace Lit Award (PEACE) in 1989 for The Makers, and the CBC Book of the Year in 1983 for Master of the Grove. He also writes under the pseudonym of Veronica Hart. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Victor Kelleher
Oeuvres associées
Into the Future: another exciting collection of stories from sixteen of Australia's top children's authors (1991) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1939-07-19
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
New Zealand
South Africa - Professions
- lecturer
novelist
short-story writer
children's book author
Membres
Critiques
Listes
SFF Down Under (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 55
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 1,183
- Popularité
- #21,724
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 17
- ISBN
- 175
- Langues
- 5
- Favoris
- 1
As a kid I read Kelleher's "The Makers" and remember really enjoying it.
No longer a kid, so didn't really get into this one all that much.