James Aldridge
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James Aldridge (born 1918) is a multi-award winning Australian author
James Aldridge was born in Swan Hill, Victoria and currently lives in Battersea, South West London. Some of his stories are based on the real living conditions of his hometown such as his 1995 Children's Book Council of Australia book of the year The True Story of Lilli Stubeck.
He won a Lenin Memorial Peace Prize in 1973 for 'his outstanding struggle for the preservation of peace'. He has also won the Rhys Memorial Prize, the World Peace Council Gold Medal, and the International Organisation of Journalists Prize.
[edit] Selective bibliography
- Ride a wild pony (1975)
- The True Story of Spit Macphee (1988)
- The True Story Of Lilli Stubeck (1989)
- The Girl From The Sea (2002)
- The Wings of Kitty St Clair (2006)
