Christobel Mattingley
Christobel Rosemary Mattingley AM (1931 – 1 June 2019)[1][2] was an award-winning Australian author of books for children and adults.[3] Her book Rummage won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers and Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book in 1982. In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours Mattingley was made a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to literature, particularly children's literature, and for community service through her commitment to social and cultural issues".[4]
Christobel Mattingley | |
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| Born | 1931 Brighton, South Australia |
| Died | (aged 87) Glenside, South Australia |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
Her last book was Maralinga's long shadow: Yvonne's story, which was published in 2016[5] and won the 2017 the Young People's History Prize at the NSW Premier's History Awards.[6]
Bibliography
Children's books
- Mattingley, Christobel (1970). The picnic dog. Illustrated by Carolyn Dinan. London: Hamish Hamilton.
- Mattingley, Christobel (1973). Queen of the Wheat Castles. Leicester, UK: Brockhampton Press.
- Mattingley, Christobel (1981). Rummage. Illustrated by Patricia Mullins. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.
- Mattingley, Christobel (2016). Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Young adult books
- Mattingley, Christobel (1993). No Gun for Asmir. Melbourne: Text Publishing.
- Mattingley, Christobel (1996). Escape from Sarajevo. [7]
Adult non-fiction
- *Mattingley, Christobel (2002). King of the Wilderness: The Life of Deny King. Melbourne: Text Publishing.
Essays and reporting
- Mattingley, Christobel (December 2001). "What an exciting find! Deny King's contributions to science". National Library of Australia News. XII (3): 7–10. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
- — (January 2002). "'You have made history' : Deny King's contributions to science". National Library of Australia News. XII (4): 7–10. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012.
- — (December 2009). "Feisty females : some early Australian 'lady pilots'". The National Library Magazine. 1 (4): 24–27. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
References
- "RiP Christobel Mattingley". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- "Christobel MATTINGLEY Death Notice - Glenside, South Australia". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- Austlit. "Christobel Mattingley". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- "Christobel Rosemary Mattingley". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- Mattingley, Christobel; Edwards, interviewee.), Yvonn (2016). Maralinga's long shadow : Yvonne's story. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-76029-017-7.
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- Mattingley, Christobel (1996). Escape from Sarajevo. Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin Books. ISBN 0140375252.
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