Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the Davitt Award for crime fiction.

Personal life

Jinks was born in Brisbane, Queensland, and grew up in Papua New Guinea where her father worked as a patrol officer. She went to Ku-ring-gai High School in Sydney, where the library was named after her in 2006.

Books

• This Way Out (1991)
• The Future Trap (1993)
• Witch Bank (1995)
• The Secret of Hermitage Isle (1996)
• An Evening with the Messiah (1996)
• Little White Secrets (1997)
• Eye to Eye (1998)
• The Horrible Holiday (1998)
• Piggy in the Middle (1998)
• The Stinking Great Lie (1999)
• The Inquisitor (2000)
• The Notary (2000)
• You'll Wake the Baby (2000)
• What's Hector McKerrow Doing These Days (2000)
• Bella Vista (2001)
• The Rapture (2001)
• The Gentleman's Garden (2002)
• Daryl's Dinner (2002)
• The Road (2004)
• Spinning Around (2004)
• The Secret Familiar (2006)
• Katie & Cleo Move In (2007)
• Living Hell (2007)
• Dark Mountain (2008)
• The Paradise Trap (2011)
• Saving Thanehaven (2013)

Fiction series

Pagan's Chronicles

• Pagan's Crusade (1992)
• Pagan in Exile (1994)
• Pagan's Vows (1995)
• Pagan's Scribe (1995)
• Pagan's Daughter (2006)

Allie's Ghost Hunters

• Eglantine (2002)
• Eustace (2003)
• Eloise (2004)
• Elysium (2007)

Genius

• Evil Genius (2005)
• Genius Squad (2008)
• The Genius Wars (2009)

Support Group

• The Reformed Vampire Support Group (2009)
• The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group (2010)

City of Orphans

• A Very Unusual Pursuit (2013)
• A Very Peculiar Plague (2013)
• A Very Singular Guild

External links

• Official website
• Catherine Jinks at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Catherine Jinks at Library of Congress Authorities, with 38 catalog records