Cassandra Golds (born 1962) is an Australian children's author.[1]

Career

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Her first book, Michael and the Secret War, was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old.[2] In collaboration with the artist Stephen Axelsen, she went on to write a number of graphic novels, all of which were published as monthly serials in New South Wales School Magazine.[3] Her writing has been described as part parable, part surrealist fable and part love story.[4] Her novel, The Three Loves of Persimmon, was winner of the in 2011 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and WA Premier's Literary Awards.[2]

The artist Sonia Kretschmar submitted a painting of the author to the 2011 Archibald Prize.[4]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Cassandra Golds, author profile for child readers on Penguin Australia website retrieved 12 October 2009". Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Cassandra Golds".
  3. ^ "The Three Loves of Persimmon".
  4. ^ a b "Archibald Prize Archibald 2011 finalist: The heart of things (Portrait of Cassandra Golds) by Sonia Kretschmar".
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