Kim Caraher

{{Short description|Australian writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} {{one source|date=June 2010}} {{Infobox writer | name = Kim Caraher | birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland | death_date = 19 May 2007 | death_place = Australia | occupation = Author | years_active = 1990s–2000s | genre = Children's fiction | notable_works = ''The Cockroach Cup'' (1998)<br>''Zip Zap'' (2001) | awards = CBCA Notable Book (1998)<br>Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction (2002) }}

'''Kim Caraher''' was an Australian author. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, moved to Africa at age seven, and lived in three countries before settling in the Northern Territory, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kim Caraher: Author of The Cockroach Cup |url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A49025 |website=AusLit: Discover Australian Stories |accessdate=3 January 2020}}</ref> She died on 19 May 2007 after suffering from cancer for a long time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.golvanarts.com.au/clients/caraher.htm |title=Golvan Arts Management: Kim Caraher |accessdate=2010-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723162940/http://www.golvanarts.com.au/clients/caraher.htm |archivedate=23 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }} Golvan Arts Management: Kim Caraher</ref> After Caraher died her son posted a blog of her death, along with blogs that she had written.<ref>http://kimcaraher.wordpress.com/ Kim Caraher's Kimbetan Blog of Living and Dying</ref>

In 1998, she earned a Children's Book Council Notable Book award for ''The Cockroach Cup'', which was also shortlisted for the 2000 West Australian Young Readers' Book Award. Also her book ''Zip Zap'' earned an Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction in 2002.

==Books== * ''There's a Bat on the Balcony'' (1994) * ''My Teacher Turns Into a Tyrannosaurus'' (1996) * ''Up A Gum Tree'' (1997) * ''Yucky Poo'' (1998) * ''The Cockroach Cup'' (1998) * ''Goanna Anna'' (1999) * ''Kakadu Nightmare'' (2001) * ''Zip Zap'' (2001) * ''Clinging To The Edge'' (2003) * ''Mark Of The Beast'' (2004)

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110713150727/http://www.kimcaraher.com/index.html Kim Caraher's Homepage] {{Portal |Children's literature}}

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