Background
Margaret Clark was born on April 20, 1942 in Geelong, Australia.
Margaret received a Bachelor of Education degree from Toorak Teacher’s College in 1985.
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In 1990 Margaret Clark got a Master of Education at Deakin University. Margaret also holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
(All junk food is banned from the school camp. So Spoonhea...)
All junk food is banned from the school camp. So Spoonhead, Amy Yui, Trash, Zits and some of the others think up outrageous ways of getting round the authorities. But their ingenuity results in a thriving black market with drinks going up to twenty dollars a can!
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1991
(Horace Morris thinks Patsy McKeen is a pain in the neck. ...)
Horace Morris thinks Patsy McKeen is a pain in the neck. He has to sit by her in class - and he's not impressed at all. Everyone calls her Big Mac and Horace begins to learn a bit more about her. But he is about to find out even more because she thinks she's Horace's girlfriend.
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1996
Margaret Clark was born on April 20, 1942 in Geelong, Australia.
Margaret received a Bachelor of Education degree from Toorak Teacher’s College in 1985. Five years later she got a Master of Education at Deakin University. Margaret also holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree.
Trained as a teacher, Margaret began her career teaching at Geelong Schools. Then she lectured at Deakin University between 1982 and 1985, but left to work as a consultant and counselor for an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center in Geelong. Her experiences there would provide the raw material for several works of young adult fiction, among them Back on Track: Diary of a Street Kid and Care Factor Zero, a controversial novel that was published in the United States in 2000.
Other books for older teen readers include No Standing Zone, a 1999 novel that finds Link and his sister caught off guard after they discover that their father has a whole other family living in New Zealand. When Dad decides to desert his Australian family for good, Link’s Mother is forced to sell the upscale family home and relocate to a less affluent neighborhood; ultimately both kids find themselves out of private schools and in public schools, where they are forced to deal with their tough, streetwise classmates.
Involved with personal issues, such as body image, are Clark’s “Lisa Trelaw” novels, which focus on a supermodel wannabe. 1994’s Fat Chance finds Lisa obsessing about her figure as she begins to plan a future in modeling. Hot or What finds Lisa achieving her dream as a top teen model, and then questioning whether the model’s lifestyle is really what she wanted after all. In Kiss and Make Up, Lisa is stuck at home helping her mother in volunteer efforts, while her boyfriend, Mike, seems more interested in surfing than in spending time with her.
In addition to longer fiction for middle-school and high-school readers, Clark has penned her “Eggs” series for the story-hour set, while her beginning readers books include The Biggest Boast, Meatball’s Good Dog Day, and the “Mango Street,” “Aussie Angels,” and “Chickabee” series. Her “Assorted Shorts” novels are geared toward boys, their upbeat humor designed to attract even the most reluctant reader. Among Clark’s most popular books for middle-grade readers are the horror novels she pens under the pseudonym Lee Striker. Among these “Hair Raisers” are Revenge of the Vampire Librarian, Evil at Camp Star, and Bite Your Head Off, their titles hinting at the humor behind the frightening goings-on.
In between her heavy writing schedule, Clark finds time to travel from her home in Geelong, Victoria, to speak with school students and at writers’ conferences. Her Secret Girls' Stuff, published in 1999, contains letters and e-mails from fans of her diverse fiction. Interspersing these with her own diary entries and comments on the life of a writer, Clark also touches on a number of teen issues. A sequel, More Secret Girls’ Stuff, was released in 2001, as was a follow-up co-written with Dr. Claire Fox, What to Do When Life Sucks.
(Horace Morris thinks Patsy McKeen is a pain in the neck. ...)
1996(All junk food is banned from the school camp. So Spoonhea...)
1991Margaret Clark is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, the Australian Council of Education and the Deakin University Alumni.
Margaret Clark was married to John Clark. Some time later they divorced. Margaret has two children - Stuart and Fiona.