J. C. Burke

J.C. Burke was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. Both of her parents were journalists and she was the fourth of five children, all girls. When Burke was around ten years old her mother was diagnoses with cancer, and she died when Burke was nineteen. After the death of her mother, Burke trained as a nurse and worked in bone marrow transplant units in both Sydney and London. After taking a creative writing class in 2000, she published her first novel, White Lies, in 2002 with the help of an Australian Society of Authors mentorship. Her mentor was author Gary Crew. Several of her novels have earned awards from the Children's Book Council of Australia, including The Story of Tom Brennan, Pig Boy, and White Lies. She lives in Sydney with her husband.