Background

Catherine Jinks was born on November 17, 1963 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, into the family of Brian and Rhonda (Dickings) Jinks. She grew up in Papua New Guinea.

Education

Catherine went to Ku-ring-gai High School in Sydney, and then received Bachelor of Arts (with honors) at University of Sydney.

Career

Catherine was working for several years in a bank. In 1986 - 1993 she was a journalist at Westpac Banking Corporation in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is now a full-time writer, residing in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

Achievements

• Catherine has won a great number of awards, including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for science fiction, the IBBY Australia Ena Noel Encouragement Award, the Adelaide Festival Award, and the Davitt Award for crime fiction.
  
  The author is better known for creating a twelfth-century ragamuffin character named Pagan Kidrouk, squire to Lord Roland during the last days of the Crusades.

Works

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  • Evil Genius 2011
  • Genius Squad 2009
  • The Genius Wars 2011
  • The Reformed Vampire Support Group 2010
  • How to Catch a Bogle 2014
  • A Plague of Bogles (How to Catch a Bogle) 2015
  • The Last Bogler (How to Catch a Bogle) 2017
  • Living Hell 2011
  • Babylonne 2008
  • The Paradise Trap 2012
  • The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group 2012
  • Pagan's Crusade: Book One of the Pagan Chronicles 2004

Politics

Catherine described her political views as “left.”

Connections

On November 22, 1992 Catherine married Peter Dockrill, with whom she has a daughter Hannah.

Father:

Brian Jinks

Mother:

Rhonda (Dickings) Jinks

Spouse:

Peter Dockrill

Daughter:

Hannah Dockrill