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Glenda Millard

{{short description|Australian writer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}

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Glenda Millard is an Australian writer of children's literature and young adult fiction.

Biography

Millard was born in Victoria, Australia.{{cite web | url = http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/books/contributor_profile.asp?ContributorID=136&channel= | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060104213159/http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/books/contributor_profile.asp?ContributorID=136&channel= | archive-date = 4 January 2006 | title = Glenda Millard | publisher = Scholastic Corporation | accessdate = 2010-05-05 | url-status = live | df = dmy-all }} Her first work was published in 1999 by Margaret Hamilton Books, entitled Unplugged!.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Glenda+Millard&fq=ap%3A%22millard%2C+glenda%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&se=yr&sd=asc&dblist=638&start=1&qt=page_number_link | title = Glenda Millard | publisher = WorldCat | accessdate = 2010-05-05 }} In 2003 she released The Naming of Tishkin Silk which was named as an honour book at the 2004 CBCA Awards and was a finalist for the 2004 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. In 2007 Layla, Queen of Hearts, a follow-up to The Naming Of Tishkin Silk, won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Children's Book and was a short-list nominee for the Children's Book of the Year Award for younger readers.{{cite web | url = http://www.showtell.com.au/victoria/authors/glenda_millard.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080720142402/http://www.showtell.com.au/victoria/authors/glenda_millard.htm | archive-date = 20 July 2008 | title = Glenda Millard | publisher = showtell.com.au | accessdate = 2010-05-05 | url-status = dead }} In 2009 Millard released her young-adult fiction novel A Small Free Kiss in the Dark and the children's novel Perry Angel's Suitcase. A Small Free Kiss in the Dark was a short-list nominee for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan and Perry Angel's Suitcase won the 2009 Children's Book of the Year Award for younger readers.{{cite web |url=http://aurealisawards.com/downloads/YA.pdf |title=Aurealis Awards 2009: Young Adult Judges' Report |publisher=Aurealis Awards |accessdate=2010-05-05 |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707185355/http://aurealisawards.com/downloads/YA.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}{{cite web | url = http://cbca.org.au/winners2009.htm#yr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090826175239/http://cbca.org.au/winners2009.htm#yr | archive-date = 26 August 2009 | title = Book of the Year 2009 Winners | publisher = Children's Book Council of Australia | accessdate = 2010-05-05 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }} Millard is currently an ambassador for the Victorian Premier's Reading Challenge.

Bibliography

=Novels=

The Kingdom of Silk series

  • The Naming Of Tishkin Silk (2003, illustrations by Caroline Magerl)
  • Layla, Queen of Hearts (2006, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)
  • Perry Angel's Suitcase (2008, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)
  • All the Colours of Paradise (2009, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)
  • Plum Puddings and Paper Moons (2010, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)
  • The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk (2012, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)
  • Nell's Festival of Crisp Winter Glories (2013, illustrations by Stephen Michael King)

Other novels

  • When the Angels Came (2003, illustrations by Janine Dawson)
  • Bringing Reuben Home (2004)
  • The Novice (2005)
  • A Small Free Kiss in the Dark (2009)
  • The Stars at Oktober Bend (2016)

=Picture books=

  • Unplugged! (1999, illustrated by Dee Huxley)
  • Bones Maloney and the Raspberry Spiders (2002, illustrated by Matt Cosgrove)
  • Heart of the Tiger (2004, illustrated by Gaye Chapman)
  • Mrs Wiggins' Wartymelons (2004, with Steven Axelson)
  • Angel Breath (2005, illustrated by Dee Huxley)
  • Kaito's Cloth (2006, illustrated by Gaye Chapman)
  • Applesauce and the Christmas Miracle (2008, illustrated by Stephen Michael King)
  • Isabella's Garden (2009, illustrated by Rebecca Cool)
  • Mbobo Tree (2010, illustrated by Annie White)

Source: [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Glenda+Millard&fq=ap%3A%22millard%2C+glenda%22+%3E+dt%3Abks&se=yr&sd=asc&dblist=638&start=1&qt=page_number_link WorldCat]

Awards and nominations

Source: [http://www.showtell.com.au/victoria/authors/glenda_millard.htm showtell.com.au]

References

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{{Children's Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers}}

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Category:Australian children's writers

Category:Living people

Category:Writers from Victoria (state)

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Australian women children's writers