Cassandra Golds
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Cassandra Golds (born 1962) is an Australian children's author.
Career
Her first book, Michael and the Secret War, was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old. In collaboration with the artist Stephen Axelsen, she went on to write a number of graphic novels, all of which were published as monthly serials in New South Wales School Magazine. Her writing has been described as part parable, part surrealist fable and part love story. Her novel, The Three Loves of Persimmon, was winner of the in 2011 Victorian Premier's Prize for Writing for Young Adults and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and WA Premier's Literary Awards.
The artist Sonia Kretschmar submitted a painting of the author to the 2011 Archibald Prize.
Publications
- Michael and the Secret War (1985; US edition 1989)
- Clair-de-Lune (2004; US & UK editions 2006)
- The Mostly True Story of Matthew and Trim (2005, a graphic novel created with Stephen Axelsen).
- The Museum of Mary Child (2009; Australian edition)
- The Three Loves of Persimmon (2010; Australian edition)
- Pureheart (2013; Australian edition)