Kelly Gardiner Kelly Gardiner i(A28807 works by)
Born: Established: 1961 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Kelly Gardiner was born and grew up in Melbourne but has later lived on an island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf. She has been a writer and editor for many years and her poems have been published in journals including Southerly and Going Down Swinging. She has a degree in professional writing and editing and a Master of Arts (Literature).

Her most recent novel for adults is Goddess (historical fiction based on the life of Mademoiselle de Maupin, published in 2014) and her most recent work for younger readers is The Firewatcher Chronicles (2018-2021).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2022-2023 longlisted Adaptable (Queensland Writers Centre)
2022 recipient Varuna Fellowships Varuna Residential Fellowships for YA novel ‘Roar’
2014 recipient Creative Industries Career Fund to undertake a structured residency as part of the NARS International Artist Residency Program in New York.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon 1917 Lindfield : Scholastic Australia , 2017 10284742 2017 single work children's fiction children's war literature

'The German planes patrolled in hunting squads. They flew fast fighting craft, streaking across the sky in tight formation. The greatest of them was the Red Baron, the deadliest ace on the Front. He’d shot down twenty-one of our planes in a single month. And now we were in his firing line. The war in France rages in the skies, and support for the war in Australia turns cold. Alex flies high above the trenches of the Western Front, while a world away his sister Maggie finds herself in the midst of political upheaval. Somehow, both must find the courage to fight on.' (Publication summary)

2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Children
2017 shortlisted Asher Literary Award
2017 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize Young People's History Prize
y separately published work icon The Sultan’s Eyes Sydney South : Angus and Robertson , 2013 Z1935794 2013 single work novel historical fiction young adult 'Where Act of Faith took place in a strife-torn Europe of the seventeenth century, in The Sultan's Eyes, the action moves from Venice to Istanbul, to an empire ruled by a seven-year old Sultan and the women of his royal household.

It's 1648, and Isabella has made a home for herself in Venice, safe from the clutches of the Inquisition. She, her friend Willem, and their mentor, the irascible Signora Contarini, work together as printers and publishers. Their publishing house is famous throughout Europe for one title: The Sum of All Knowledge, a revolutionary book of history and philosophy that has brought them - yet again - to the attention of the authorities.

Then Isabella's nemesis, Fra Clement, is appointed Inquisitor in Venice, and vows to stamp out heretical printing. Isabella knows she will no longer be safe in the city, and, guided by their learned cartographer Al-Qasim, the three friends make their escape to the one place they feel sure Fra Clement will never follow: the fabled city of Constantinople.' (Author's abstract)
2014 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2014 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2014 selected White Ravens
y separately published work icon Act of Faith Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 2011 Z1798620 2011 single work novel adventure historical fiction young adult

'When ideas were dangerous, one girl found the courage to act England, 1640.

'Sixteen-year-old Isabella is forced to flee her home when her father′s radical ideas lead him into a suicidal stand against Oliver Cromwell′s army. Taking refuge in Amsterdam and desperate to find a means to survive, Isabella finds work with an elderly printer, Master de Aquila, and his enigmatic young assistant, Willem.

'When Master de Aquila travels to Venice to find a publisher brave enough to print his daring new book, Isabella accompanies him and discovers a world of possibility - where women work alongside men as equal partners, and where books and beliefs are treasured.

'But in a continent torn apart by religious intolerance, constant danger lurks for those who don′t watch their words. And when the agents of the Spanish Inquisition kidnap de Aquila to stop him printing his book, Isabella and Willem become reluctant allies in a daring chase across Europe to rescue him from certain death.'  (Publication summary)

2012 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2012 shortlisted Inky Awards Gold Inky
2012 highly commended Barbara Jefferis Award
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