Danielle Clode

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Danielle Clode is an Australian author of literary nonfiction, history and children's books. [1] [2] She is an associate professor of creative writing at Flinders University.

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Early life and education

Clode was born in Adelaide in 1968 and spent her early years in Port Lincoln, South Australia. She later lived on a boat with her parents travelling around Australia and completing her schooling by correspondence. [3]

Clode received her B.A. at the University of Adelaide in 1989 and her D.Phil. in zoology at the University of Oxford in 1993. [4]

Career

Clode worked at Melbourne University and the Victorian Writers Centre. [4] In 2011, she moved to Flinders University. [4]

She has written reviews for Australian Book Review . [5]

Awards and honors

Clode was a Rhodes Scholar in 1990. [4] She has received the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Nonfiction in 2007 [1] and a Whitley Award for Best Popular Zoology book in 2016. [4]

Clode's 2018 biography of Australian naturalist Edith Coleman, The Wasp and the Orchid, was shortlisted for the 2019 National Biography Award. [6] In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World was shortlisted for the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Nonfiction Award. [7]

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References

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  2. Danielle Clode on a rare partnership between man and killer whale, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 15 July 2016, retrieved 20 March 2017
  3. "Danielle Clode - Booked Out Speakers Agency". Booked Out Speakers Agency. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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  6. "The Wasp And The Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman by Danielle Clode". State Library of NSW. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  7. "2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.