Victor Kelleher

Infobox Writer
name = Victor Kelleher

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pseudonym = Veronica Hart (In two books)
birthdate = Birth date and age|1939|7|19|df=y
birthplace = London, England
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occupation = Young adult fiction, Children's fiction
nationality = Australian
period = 1979 - present
genre = Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Victor Kelleher (born 1939) is an Australian author. Victor was born in London and moved to Africa with his parents, at the age of fifteen. He spent the next twenty years travelling and studying in Africa, before moving to New Zealand. Kelleher received a teaching degree in Africa and has taught in Africa, New Zealand and Australia. While in New Zealand, he began writing part time, prompted by homesickness for Africa. He moved to Australia in 1976, with his South African wife, Allison, and taught at the University of New England, in Armidale, New South Wales, before moving to Sydney to write full time. Many of the books he has written have been based on his childhood and his travellings in Africa.

Kelleher has won many awards for his books, such as the "Australian Children's Book Award"

Awards

*1997 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for Firedancer
*1995 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for Parkland
* 1993 - COOL Fiction for Older Readers Award (CBCA) won for "Del-Del"
*1992 - Winner - Children's Book of the Year for Del-Del
* 1992 - shortlisted - for "Brother Night" and "Del Del"
*1991 - Honour Book - Children's Book of the Year for Brother Night
* 1990 - shortlisted - for "The Red King"
*1990 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for The Red King
* 1988 - shortlisted - for "The Makers"
*1988 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for The Makers
* 1987 - shortlisted - for "Taronga"
*1987 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for Taronga
* 1985 - for "Beast of Heaven"
*1985 - shortlisted - Children's Book of the Year for Papio
*1983 - Winner - Children's Book of the Year for Master of the Grove

List of books

eries

*"Parkland" (1994)-Book 1 of the Parkland Series
*"Earthsong" (1995)-Book 2 of the Parkland Series
*"Fire Dancer" (1996)-Book 3 of the Parkland Series

Novels

*"Forbidden Paths Of Thual" (1979)
*"Voices from the River" (1979)
*"The Hunting Of Shadroth" (1981)
*"Master Of The Grove" (1982)
*"Africa And After" (1983)
*"Papio" (1984)
*"The Green Piper" (1984)
*"The Beast Of Heaven" (1984)
*"Taronga" (1986)
*"The Makers" (1987)
*"Baily's Bones" (1988)
*"Ern's Story" (1988)
*"The Red King" (1989)
*"Wintering" (1990)
*"Brother Night" (1990)
*"Del-Del" (1991)
*"To The Dark Tower" (1992)
*"Micky Darlin' " (1992)
*"Rescue! An African Adventure" (1992)
*"Where The Whales Sing" (1994)
*"Red Heart" (1996)
*"Storyman" (1996)
*"Slow Burn" (1997)
*"Into The Dark" (1999)
*"Riding The Whales" (1999)
*"The Ivory Trail" (1999)
*"Billy The Baked-Bean Kid" (2002)
*"Born of the Sea" (2003)
*"The Grimes Family" (2004)
*"Dogboy" (2006)

Collections

*"The Traveller: Stories of Two Continents" (1988)
*"Collected Stories" (1997)

Aussie Bites

*"Magic Violin"
*"The Gorilla Suit"
* "Tim and Tig" (2007)
*"What Dino Saw"

Picture Books

*"Johnny Wombat" (1996) (with Craig Smith)
*"Where's God?" (2005)

As Veronica Hart

* "Double God" (1994)
* "The House That Jack Built"

External links

* [http://www.penguin.com.au/authors/author-author-profile.cfm?AuthorId=0000000997 Penguin Books Australia author profile]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/victor-kelleher/ Fantastic Fiction Kelleher profile]