![]() ![]() Her children Victoria and Nick, are no longer children, but still an endless source of eavesdropping and inspiration. But it's what happens afterwards that changes everything. The Story of Tom Brennan and Pig Boy are confronting, thought-provoking and. On Damon Styles's eighteenth birthday, he is expelled from school. JC (Jane) Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. She lives in Sydney with her husband Michael. An unmissable novel from the award-winning author of The Story of Tom Brennan. These days, Burke is trying her hand at TV and Film writing. Pig Boy won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction. The Story of Tom Brennan won the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers and is currently on the NSW HSC English Syllabus. Burke was born in Sydney in 1965, the fourth of five sisters. But its what happens afterwards that changes everything. Since then, Burke has published many acclaimed and award winning novels with numerous international translations. On Damon Styless eighteenth birthday, he is expelled from school. They became her debut novel White Lies written under the guidance of an ASA Mentorship and was awarded a CBCA Notable Book. ![]() She remembers the tip tap of the typewriters and the stress in the house when deadlines were due.īurke trained as a nurse at RPAH and later specialised in Oncology where she worked in Bone Marrow Transplant Units in Sydney and London.īurke prided herself in telling a good story, remembering all the small details, yet her first words weren’t written until she was 35 years old. ![]() ![]() She’s the fourth of five girls and her parents were journalists. JC (Jane Catherine) Burke was born and raised in Sydney. ![]()
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