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Australian children's writer (1921–2010)

Patricia Wrightson Photograph of Patricia Wrightson, née Alice Patricia Furlonger Born Alice Patricia Furlonger (1921-07-19)19 July 1921 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia Died 15 March 2010(2010-03-15) (aged 88) Lismore, New South Wales, Australia Pen name Patricia Wrightson Occupation Writer, editor Language English Nationality Australian Period 1955–2004 Genre Children's literature, folklore, magic realism Subject Fantasy (nonfiction) Notable awards Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing 1988 Order of the British Empire

**Patricia Wrightson [OBE](/source/Officer_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire)** (19 June 1921 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books.[1] Employing a [magic realism](/source/Magic_realism) style, her books, including the award-winning *[The Nargun and the Stars](/source/The_Nargun_and_the_Stars)* (1973), were among the first Australian books for children to draw on [Australian Aboriginal mythology](/source/Australian_Aboriginal_mythology).[2] Her 27 books have been published in 16 languages.[3]

For her "lasting contribution" as a children's writer, she received the biennial [Hans Christian Andersen Medal](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen_Medal) in 1986.[4][5]

## Personal life

Wrightson was born Patricia Furlonger on 19 June 1921 in [Bangalow](/source/Bangalow),[6] near [Lismore](/source/Lismore%2C_New_South_Wales), New South Wales, the third of six children. Her father was a country solicitor.[7] She was formerly educated through the State Correspondence School for Isolated Children and St Catherine's College,[2][8] and also attended a private school in Stanthorpe, Queensland, for one year.[9] Of her education, Wrightson later wrote, “I was really educated in literature, philosophy and wonder by my father; and in the social sciences by my mother. My most profitable year of schooling was the one in which I abandoned the syllabus altogether and spent the year, without permission or guidance, in discovering Shakespeare”.[10]

During World War II Wrightson worked in a munitions factory in Sydney.[11]

Wrightson married in 1943, and had two children, Peter and Jenny, before divorcing in 1953.[12] She worked as secretary and administrator at Bonalbo District Hospital, from 1946 to 1960, and Sydney District Nursing Association, from 1960 to 1964.[8]

Wrightson died of "natural causes" on 15 March 2010, a few days after entering a New South Wales hospital.[3]

## Literary career

Wrightson served as Assistant Editor and later editor of the *[School Magazine](/source/School_Magazine)*, in Sydney, from 1964 to 1970, a literary publication for children.[2][8]

She wrote 27 books during her lifetime and entwined Australian Aboriginal mythology into her writing. After beginning with straightforward adventure stories,[13] Wrightson's writing developed to reveal two key characteristics: her use of Aboriginal folklore, with its rich fantasy and mystery, and her understanding of the importance of [the land](/source/Natural_environment). Author, editor and academic Mark MacLeod wrote that "Wrightson thought that it might be possible to reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian cultures and create a new kind of pan-Australian narrative, in which the human characters from both cultures were strongly aware of and influenced by the metaphysical world that Indigenous Australians had known for 60 000 years."[14]

## Controversy

Initially, Wrighton's use of Aboriginal myths was appreciated by Aboriginal leaders because of her evident respect and care for their traditions,[15] however, as times changed, Wrightson's use of Aboriginal myths and legends in her fiction came to be questioned by some academics, including New Zealander Clare Bradford, who accused Wrightson of “appropriating and controlling strategies.”[16] Wrightson’s editor Max Macleod stressed that Wrightson’s use of Aboriginal mythology was respectful and inclusive: "She was trying to create a kind of pan-Australia – a whole new Australian mythology which was part non-indigenous and part indigenous."[17]

In 1978 the Aboriginal playwright [Jack Davis](/source/Jack_Davis_(playwright)) praised Wrightson’s work to the [International Board on Books for Young People](/source/International_Board_on_Books_for_Young_People). Davis "encouraged her to be even bolder in her writing and, far from giving up in fear, to go on."[18] [Brian Attebery](/source/Brian_Attebery), American writer and author of Strategies of Fantasy, wrote "No amount of care can make [Wrightson] into a tribal elder, nor can her use of Aboriginal folklore ever be fully ‘authentic’. However, she can become… a participant in the reshaping of tradition for a modern world in which authenticity is an inaccessible ideal."[19]

## Awards

- The biennial [Hans Christian Andersen Award](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen_Award) conferred by the [International Board on Books for Young People](/source/International_Board_on_Books_for_Young_People) is the highest career recognition available to a writer or illustrator of children's books. Wrightson was a runner-up for the writing award in 1984 and won it in 1986.[4][5] The illustration winner that year was Robert Ingpen, who had collaborated with Wrightson on *[The Nargun and the Stars](/source/The_Nargun_and_the_Stars)* (1973), her fantasy novel based on Aboriginal mythology. They remain the only Australians among more than 60 Andersen Medal recipients.[4]

- Wrightson was made an officer of the [Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 1977[20] and she won the Australian [Dromkeen Medal](/source/Dromkeen_Medal) in 1984, also for her cumulative service to children's literature.[21][22]

- Many of her books made the [shortlist](/source/Shortlist) for the annual *[Australian Children's Book of the Year Award](/source/List_of_CBCA_Awards#Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Awards)*, which she won four times: in 1956 for her debut novel *The Crooked Snake*, in 1974 for *[The Nargun and The Stars](/source/The_Nargun_and_The_Stars)*, in 1978 for *The Ice is Coming* and in 1984 for *A Little Fear*.

- Wrightson won the [Ditmar Award](/source/Ditmar_Award_results) from the annual [Australian National Science Fiction Convention](/source/Australian_National_Science_Fiction_Convention) in 1982 for *Behind the Wind*, as the year's Best Long Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy.

- The Children's Literature section of the [New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards](/source/New_South_Wales_Premier's_Literary_Awards) began as a single award in 1979, but was redefined in 1999 to create the Patricia Wrightson Prize (for writing for a primary school audience) named in her honour, and the Ethel Turner Prize (for a secondary school audience).[23]

- Patricia Wrightson was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by [Southern Cross University](/source/Southern_Cross_University) in September, 2004.[8]

## Selected works

- *[The Crooked Snake](/source/The_Crooked_Snake)* (1955). Winner [CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Older_Readers) 1956.

- *The Bunyip Hole* (1958). Commended CBCA Book of the Year 1959.

- *The Rocks of Honey* (1960) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0140302691](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0140302691) audiobook [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0091197605](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0091197605)

- *The Feather Star* (1962). Commended CBCA Book of the Year 1963.

- *Down to Earth* (1965)

- *A Racecourse for Andy* (1968) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780152650803](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780152650803)

- *I Own the Racecourse!* (1968). Highly commended CBCA Book of the Year 1969.

- *Beneath the Sun: an Australian collection for children* (1972)

- *An Older Kind of Magic* (1972). Highly commended CBA Book of the Year 1973. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0091114305](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0091114305) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0140307399](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0140307399)

- *[The Nargun and the Stars](/source/The_Nargun_and_the_Stars)* (1973). Winner [CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Older_Readers) 1974. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689504037](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689504037) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780140307801](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140307801)

- *Emu Stew: an illustrated collection of stories and poems for children* (1976)

- *The Human Experience of Fantasy* (1978)

- *Balyet* (1989). Shortlist [CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Older_Readers) 1990. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780140343397](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140343397)

- *Night Outside* (1979) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689503634](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689503634)

- *A Little Fear* (1983). Winner [CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Older_Readers) 1984. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780140318470](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140318470)

- *The Haunted Rivers* (1983)

- *Moon-Dark* (1987) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689504518](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689504518)

- *The Song of Wirrun* omnibus (1987) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0712611503](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0712611503) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0140365887](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0140365887) - *[The Ice is Coming](/source/The_Ice_is_Coming)* (1977). Winner [CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Older_Readers) 1978. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689500817](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689500817) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780345332486](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780345332486) - *The Dark Bright Water* (1978) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780689501227](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780689501227) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780345332493](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780345332493) - *Behind the Wind* aka *Journey Behind the Wind* (1981) Highly commended CBCA Book of the Year 1982. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780345332509](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780345332509)

- *The Old, Old Ngarang* (1989)

- *The Sugar-Gum Tree* (1991). Shortlist [CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Younger_Readers) 1992. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780670839100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780670839100)

- *Shadows of Time* (1994)

- *Rattler's Place* (1997). Honour Book [CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers](/source/CBCA_Book_of_the_Year%3A_Younger_Readers) 1998 (in *Aussie Bites* series) audiobook [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781740308458](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781740308458)

- *The Water Dragons* (in *Aussie Bites* series)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Times_1-0)** Obituary *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 23 April 2010.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Guardian_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Guardian_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Guardian_2-2) [Eccleshare, Julia](/source/Julia_Eccleshare) (9 May 2010). ["Patricia Wrightson obituary: Australian children's author inspired by Aboriginal folklore"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/09/patricia-wrightson-obituary). *The Guardian*.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mcguirk_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mcguirk_3-1) McGuirk, Rod (March 2010). ["Australian author Patricia Wrightson dies at 88"](http://www.tributes.com/obituary/read/Patricia-Wrightson-88149408). Reprint at Tributes.com. [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press). Retrieved 29 July 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-andersen_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-andersen_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-andersen_4-2) ["Hans Christian Andersen Awards"](http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273). [International Board on Books for Young People](/source/International_Board_on_Books_for_Young_People) (IBBY). Retrieved 29 July 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ibby-wrightson_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ibby-wrightson_5-1) ["Patricia Wrightson"](http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=69) (pp. 73–74, by Eva Glistrup). ["Candidates for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 1956–2002"](https://archive.today/20130114185952/http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=14769&viewmode=fullscreen&scale=3.33&rotate=&page=105) (pp. 110–18). *The Hans Christian Andersen Awards, 1956–2002*. IBBY. [Gyldendal](/source/Gyldendal). 2002. Hosted by [Austrian Literature Online](/source/Austrian_Literature_Online) (literature.at). Retrieved 29 July 2013.

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1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Atkins_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Atkins_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Atkins_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Atkins_8-3) Atkins, Jonathan. ["Australian author Patricia Wrightson dies"](http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2010/03/25/2855942.htm). *ABC North Coast NSW*. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-MacLeod_14-0)** MacLeod, Mark (24 March 2010). ["Farwell, Patricia Wrightson"](http://markmacleod.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/farewell-patricia-wrightson.html). *Mark MacLeod Blog On*. Retrieved 25 August 2014.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** Dolphin, Mechanical (1 November 2010). [">Patricia Wrightson, Part 2 – The Representation of Aboriginality"](https://mechanicaldolphin.com/2010/11/01/patricia-wrightson-part-2-the-representation-of-aboriginality/). *matt finch / mechanical dolphin*. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** Attebery, Brian (22 September 2005). ["Patricia Wrightson and Aboriginal myth"](https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00145483&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA141726999&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs). *Extrapolation*. **46** (3): 327–338. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3828/extr.2005.46.3.5](https://doi.org/10.3828%2Fextr.2005.46.3.5).

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** [It's an Honour website](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1109524)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dromkeen_21-0)** ["Dromkeen Medal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120326074318/http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/medal.asp). Scholastic. Archived from [the original](http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/medal.asp) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-about_22-0)** "About the Author". In Patricia Wrightson, *The Nargun and The Stars*, [Puffin Books](/source/Puffin_Books), 1973. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-030780-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-030780-X).

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## External links

- [Children's literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature)
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- [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia)

- [Patricia Wrightson](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2364) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database)

- [Patricia Wrightson](https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE6129b.htm) at *[The Australian Women's Register](/source/The_Australian_Women's_Register)*

- [Patricia Wrightson](http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A26709) at AustLit.edu.au

- [Patricia Wrightson](https://lccn.loc.gov/n78093550) at the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress), with 26 library catalogue records

v t e Hans Christian Andersen Award by IBBY Authors Eleanor Farjeon (1956) Astrid Lindgren (1958) Erich Kästner (1960) Meindert DeJong (1962) René Guillot (1964) Tove Jansson (1966) James Krüss and José Maria Sanchez-Silva (1968) Gianni Rodari (1970) Scott O'Dell (1972) Maria Gripe (1974) Cecil Bødker (1976) Paula Fox (1978) Bohumil Říha (1980) Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1982) Christine Nöstlinger (1984) Patricia Wrightson (1986) Annie M. G. Schmidt (1988) Tormod Haugen (1990) Virginia Hamilton (1992) Michio Mado (1994) Uri Orlev (1996) Katherine Paterson (1998) Ana Maria Machado (2000) Aidan Chambers (2002) Martin Waddell (2004) Margaret Mahy (2006) Jürg Schubiger (2008) David Almond (2010) María Teresa Andruetto (2012) Nahoko Uehashi (2014) Cao Wenxuan (2016) Eiko Kadono (2018) Jacqueline Woodson (2020) Marie-Aude Murail (2022) Heinz Janisch (2024) Michael Rosen (2026) Illustrators Alois Carigiet (1966) Jiří Trnka (1968) Maurice Sendak (1970) Ib Spang Olsen (1972) Farshid Mesghali (1974) Tatyana Mavrina (1976) Svend Otto S. (1978) Suekichi Akaba (1980) Zbigniew Rychlicki (1982) Mitsumasa Anno (1984) Robert Ingpen (1986) Dusan Kállay (1988) Lisbeth Zwerger (1990) Květa Pacovská (1992) Jörg Müller (1994) Klaus Ensikat (1996) Tomi Ungerer (1998) Anthony Browne (2000) Quentin Blake (2002) Max Velthuijs (2004) Wolf Erlbruch (2006) Roberto Innocenti (2008) Jutta Bauer (2010) Peter Sís (2012) Roger Mello (2014) Rotraut Susanne Berner (2016) Igor Olyenikov (2018) Albertine Zullo (2020) Suzy Lee (2022) Sydney Smith (2024) Cai Gao (2026)

v t e Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers 1946–1949 The Story of Karrawingi the Emu by Leslie Rees (1946) Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Icepacks by Frank Hurley (1948) 1950–1959 Whalers of the Midnight Sun by Alan Villiers (1950) Verity of Sydney Town by Ruth C. Williams (1951) The Australia Book by Eve Pownall (1952) Aircraft of Today and Tomorrow by James H. Martin & W. D. Martin (1953) Good Luck to the Rider by Joan Phipson (1953) Australian Legendary Tales by K. Langloh Parker (1954) The First Walkabout by Norman B. Tindale and Harold Arthur Lindsay (1955) The Crooked Snake by Patricia Wrightson (1956) The Boomerang Book of Legendary Tales edited by Enid Moodie Heddle (1957) Tiger in the Bush by Nan Chauncy (1958) Devil's Hill by Nan Chauncy (1959) Sea Menace by John Gunn (1959) 1960–1969 All the Proud Tribesmen by Kylie Tennant (1960) Tangara by Nan Chauncy (1961) The Racketty Street Gang by L. H. Evers (1962) Rafferty Rides a Winner by Joan Woodberry (1962) The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson (1963) The Green Laurel by Eleanor Spence (1964) Pastures of the Blue Crane by H. F. Brinsmead (1965) Ash Road by Ivan Southall (1966) The Min-Min by Mavis Thorpe Clark (1967) To the Wild Sky by Ivan Southall (1968) When Jays Fly to Barbmo by Margaret Balderson (1969) 1970–1979 Uhu by Annette Macarthur-Onslow (1970) Bread and Honey by Ivan Southall (1971) Longtime Passing by H. F. Brinsmead (1972) Family at the Lookout by Noreen Shelley (1973) The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson (1974) Fly West by Ivan Southall (1976) The October Child by Eleanor Spence (1977) The Ice Is Coming by Patricia Wrightson (1978) The Plum-Rain Scroll by Ruth Manley (1979) 1980–1989 Displaced Person by Lee Harding (1980) Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park (1981) The Valley Between by Colin Thiele (1982) Master of the Grove by Victor Kelleher (1983) A Little Fear by Patricia Wrightson (1984) The True Story of Lilli Stubeck by James Aldridge (1985) The Green Wind by Thurley Fowler (1986) All We Know by Simon French (1987) So Much to Tell You by John Marsden (1988) Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein (1989) 1990–1999 Came Back to Show You I Could Fly by Robin Klein (1990) Strange Objects by Gary Crew (1991) The House Guest by Eleanor Nilsson (1992) Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta (1993) The Gathering by Isobelle Carmody (1994) Angel's Gate by Gary Crew (1995) Foxspell by Gillian Rubinstein (1995) Pagan's Vows by Catherine Jinks (1996) A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney (1997) Eye to Eye by Catherine Jinks (1998) Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne (1999) 2000–2009 48 Shades of Brown by Nick Earls (2000) Wolf on the Fold by Judith Clarke (2001) Forest by Sonya Hartnett (2002) The Messenger by Markus Zusak (2003) Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta (2004) The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer (2005) The Story of Tom Brennan by J. C. Burke (2006) Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan (2007) The Ghost's Child by Sonya Hartnett (2008) Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (2009) 2010–2019 Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen (2010) The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett (2011) The Dead I Know by Scot Gardner (2012) Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (2013) Wildlife by Fiona Wood (2014) The Protected by Claire Zorn (2015) Cloudwish by Fiona Wood (2016) One Would Think The Deep by Claire Zorn (2017) Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood and Simmone Howell (2018) Between Us by Clare Atkins (2019) 2020–present This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield (2020) The End of the World Is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell (2021) Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim (2022) Neverlanders by Tom Taylor (2023) Grace Notes by Karen Comer (2024) I'm Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough (2025) Picture Book (1955–present) Early Childhood (2001–present) Younger Readers (1982–present) Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)

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