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Occupation
  
Author

Name
  
Kirsty Murray


Role
  
Author

Education
  
RMIT University

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Full Name
  
Boyd, Kirstin Doris

Born
  
21 November 1960 (age 64) (
1960-11-21
)
Melbourne, Victoria

Residence
  
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Known for
  
Children of the Wind Series

Books
  
Bridie's Fire, Market Blues, The Four Seasons of Lucy McK, The Secret Life of Maeve Le, Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish

Profiles


Kirsty Murray (born 21 November 1960) is an Australian author. Murray writes children's fiction with a focus on Australian history. She is well known for the Children of the Wind series of children's novels.

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Biography

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Kirsty Murray was born on 21 Nov 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria. Murray has lived in France, Wales and North America and her current home is in Melbourne Australia. Murray worked in the graphic arts field, before enrolling in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. Her works are studied at La Trobe University in the children's literature genre. Murray is an Ambassador for the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge, and has been a Creative Fellow of the State Library of Victoria (2006). Murray was an Asialink Literature Resident at the University of Madras in South India in 2007.

Awards

  • 2013 - Winner - Aurealis Award Best Children's Book - "The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie"
  • 2013 - Honour Book - Children's Book Council of Australia - Eve Pownall Award for Non-fiction: "Topsy Turvy World"
  • 2000 - Winner - WA Premier's Book Award for Children's Writing: Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish [2]
  • 2005 - Winner - WA Premier's writing for Young Adults Award: A Prayer for the Blue DelaneyWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards#2005 winners
  • 2004 NSW Premier's History Awards - Shortlist for The Young People's History Prize
  • 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Shortlist for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
  • 2011 - Winner - NSW Premier's History Awards - The Young People's History Prize: "India Dark" [3]
  • Shortlisted for Aurealis Fantasy and Science Fiction Award 2001 Aurealis Award for best children's novel
  • Nominated for the West Australian Young Readers Book Award 2007 for Older Readers for the Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong
  • CBCA Notable Book - 2002 for Market Blues, 2003 for Walking Home with Marie Claire, 2004 for Bridie's Fire, 2005 for Becoming Billy Dare, 2006 for A Prayer for Blue Delaney, 2011 for India Dark [4]
  • References

    Kirsty Murray Wikipedia


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