John Larkin (author)

 

John Brendan Larkin John Brendan Larkin (amụrụ na 20 Eprel 1963 bụ onye ode akwụkwọ Australia. A ma ya nke ọma site n’ọrụ ya The Shadow Girl na The Pause, nke ụlọ mbipụta Penguin Random House bipụtara. A tọhapụrụ The Pause n’ọnwa Eprel 2015 ma o meriri Griffith University Young Adult Book Award na Queensland Literary Awards nke afọ 2015. The Shadow Girl meriri Victorian Premier’s Award maka akwụkwọ ndị ntorobịa n’afọ 2012.

A mụrụ Larkin n’obodo a na-egwu ọla (mining town) a na-akpọ Maltby, nke dị na West Riding of Yorkshire n’oge ahụ (taa a na-akpọ ya South Yorkshire), na England. Nne ya, Pat, sokwa na Maltby, ebe nna ya Brendan si Ireland bịa. Ezinụlọ ahụ kwagara Australia n’afọ ndị ngwụcha 1960s, ha rutere Sydney n’abalị Ekeresimesi (Christmas Eve) n’afọ 1969.

John bụ nwa nke abụọ n’ime ụmụ atọ. O nwere nwanne nwanyị toro ya aha ya bụ Trish, na nwanne nwoke nta aha ya bụ Paul, onye bi ugbu a na Western Australia, ebe John n’onwe ya bi ugbu a na New South Wales.[1]

Larkin gụrụ akwụkwọ na Toongabbie Public School na Pendle Hill High School.[2][3] O mụtara English Literature na Mahadum Macquarie, ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ nweta Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Education, na digrii masters n’ide akwụkwọ okike (creative writing).[4]

Ugbu a, ọ ka na-ede akwụkwọ ma na-akụzikwa na ụlọ akwụkwọ dị ka Knox Grammar Preparatory School, Abbotsleigh, na Ravenswood School for Girls, ebe a na-ahụ ya n’anya nke ukwuu n’etiti ụmụakwụkwọ. Larkin nwere ada aha ya bụ Chantelle, bụ́ dọkịta na-arụ ọrụ ugbu a na Westmead Hospital. O nwekwara nwa nwoke aha ya bụ Damian, onye bụ lifeguard, onye mgbanyụ ọkụ, ma so na ndị agha ndọta (army reserves).[5]