Background

Charlotte Calder was born on September 4, 1952, in Adelaide, Australia; the daughter of Richard Arthur Blackburn, a supreme court judge, and Bryony Helen Blackburn(Dutton), a pilot and malacologist.

Education

Charlotte Calder received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Flinders University in 1973.

Career

Charlotte Calder is the author of four novels – Settling Storms, Cupid Painted Blind, Surviving Amber and Paper Alice.

She conducts writing workshops. Charlotte is also a committee member of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, of Central West Writers’ Centre and a contributor to periodicals, including Sydney Morning Herald and Australian.

Calder has also been an actor and photographer.

Achievements

• Charlotte's book Stuck! was a 2010 CBCA Notable Picture Book, and shortlisted for the Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards.
  
  The Ghost at the Point is to be a CBCA Qld Readers’ Cup Finals title at the Brisbane Writers’ Festival, and is in contention for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, Children and YA section.

Works

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  • The Ghost at the Point

    (Set during the Great Depression, this book follows Dorrie...)

    2012
  • Settling Storms

    (Mel, daughter of big soapy star Davina Childs, has to set...)

    2000
  • Paper Alice 2008
  • Cupid Painted Blind 2002
  • Surviving Amber 2005
  • 12th Dog 2016

Interests

• Reading, gardening, tennis

Connections

Charlotte Calder married Alistair Guy Calder on February 14, 1976. They have three children - Emily, Angus and Alexander.

Father:

Richard Arthur Blackburn

Mother:

Bryony Helen Blackburn

child:

Emily Calder

child:

Angus Calder

child:

Alexander Calder

husband:

Alistair Guy Calder