About James Aldridge
James Aldridge grew up in Swan Hill in Victoria, Australia. In 1938, he moved to London where he established a career in journalism, working for major international news publications. The Organisation of International Journalists awarded him the gold medal for journalism in 1972.
James Adridge has written about thirty novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, non-fiction, television scripts and journalism. His writing has been published in forty languages.
James Aldridge is probably best known in Australia for his novels set in the fictional town of St Helen during the Depression of the 1930s. These novels are as loved by adults as they are by children. They include Ride a Wild Pony (adapted for the screen by Walt Disney), My Brother Tom (made into a TV series), The True Story of Spit MacPhee (also adapted for television plus winner of the 1986 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the 1986 Guardian Award), The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (1985 CBCA Book of the Year) and The True Story of Lola Mackellar.
James Adridge has written about thirty novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, non-fiction, television scripts and journalism. His writing has been published in forty languages.
James Aldridge is probably best known in Australia for his novels set in the fictional town of St Helen during the Depression of the 1930s. These novels are as loved by adults as they are by children. They include Ride a Wild Pony (adapted for the screen by Walt Disney), My Brother Tom (made into a TV series), The True Story of Spit MacPhee (also adapted for television plus winner of the 1986 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the 1986 Guardian Award), The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (1985 CBCA Book of the Year) and The True Story of Lola Mackellar.
Novels
The Diplomat (1949)
The Hunter (1950)
Heroes of the Empty View (1954)
Signed with Their Honour (1954)
Undersea Hunting for Inexperienced Englishmen (1955)
I Wish He Would Not Die (1957)
The Last Exile (1961)
A Captive in the Land (1962)
My Brother Tom (1966)
The Statesman's Game (1966)
The Flying 19 (1966)
Cairo (1970)
Sea Eagle (1971)
Sporting Proposition (1973)
Of Many Men (1974)
The Marvellous Mongolian (1974)
Mockery in Arms (1974)
The Untouchable Juli (1975)
Ride a Wild Pony (1976)
One Last Glimpse (1977)
Goodbye Un-America (1979)
The Broken Saddle (1982)
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (1986)
The True Story of Spit Macphee (1986)
The True Story of Lola Mackellar (1992)
The Girl from the Sea (2003)
The Hunter (1950)
Heroes of the Empty View (1954)
Signed with Their Honour (1954)
Undersea Hunting for Inexperienced Englishmen (1955)
I Wish He Would Not Die (1957)
The Last Exile (1961)
A Captive in the Land (1962)
My Brother Tom (1966)
The Statesman's Game (1966)
The Flying 19 (1966)
Cairo (1970)
Sea Eagle (1971)
Sporting Proposition (1973)
Of Many Men (1974)
The Marvellous Mongolian (1974)
Mockery in Arms (1974)
The Untouchable Juli (1975)
Ride a Wild Pony (1976)
One Last Glimpse (1977)
Goodbye Un-America (1979)
The Broken Saddle (1982)
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (1986)
The True Story of Spit Macphee (1986)
The True Story of Lola Mackellar (1992)
The Girl from the Sea (2003)
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