Katherine Scholes

Katherine Scholes (born July 5, 1959 in Tanzania ) is an Australian writer.

Life

Katherine Scholes was born on a mission in Tanzania . After spending much of her childhood there, she moved to England and then to Tasmania , where she now lives with her husband, filmmaker Roger Scholes, and their two sons.

In 1996 she became known in Germany with her first children's book “Sams Wal” (“The boy and the Whale”). For her debut she received the Whitley Book Award and was shortlisted for the Australian Children's Book Prize. Katherine Scholes received the New South Wales State Literary Award for "The Blue Chameleon" . Scholes' novels "The Dream Dancer" and "The Rain Queen" are international bestsellers. Her novels are almost exclusively about the relationship between mother and daughter.

With her husband, she made feature films set in Tasmania.

Works (selection)

Novels

• The Rain Queen (dt. The Rain Queen , Knaur 2005).
• Make me an Idol (German: The Dream Dancer , Knaur 2006).
• The Stone Angel (dt. The storm catcher , Knaur 2006).
• The very nice table (German: The very beautiful table , Knaur 2007).
• A Hunter's Wife (German Red Hibiskus , Knaur 2009).
• The Perfect Wife (German: Die Traummalerin , Knaur 2013)

Books for children and young readers

• The Boy and the Whale , (German Sams Wal , Ravensburger Verlag 1996).
• The landing: A night of birds (Eng. The night of the birds , Ravensburger Verlag 2005).

Web links

• Literature by and about Katherine Scholes in the catalog of the German National Library
• official homepage
• Scholes on the Knaur Verlag website