Biography

Bernard was born in 1942 in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Australia

Australia

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. Bernard's first work to be published was in 1981 under the pseudonym of Judy Bernard-Waite with The Riddle of the Trumpalar which was written with Judy Nunn

Judy Nunn

Judy Nunn is an Australian actress and author.-Acting career:Her breakout role was as the scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult figure in the series. Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974–1977 run...

 and Fiona Waite. In 1983 she wrote her first solo book, We Are Tam, and in 1986 she, along with Nunn and Waite, wrote the sequel to The Riddle of the Trumpalar, entitled Challenge of the Trumpalar. From 1988 to 1999 Bernard wrote six more novels including The Outcast Trilogy and one piece of short-fiction which was featured in an anthology edited by Paul Collins

Paul Collins (fantasy writer)

Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...

. Book one of The Outcast Trilogy, The Outcast was a short-list nominee for the 1997 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Carmody

Isobelle Jane Carmody is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature.-Biography:Carmody began work on the highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles at the age of fourteen...

's Greylands

Greylands

Greylands is a 1997 young-adult novel by Isobelle Carmody. It follows the story of Jack who in order to come to terms with his mother's death writes a story in which he enters another world where he confronts his fears and finds answers to his questions....

 and Eye to Eye

Eye to Eye (novel)

Eye to Eye is a 1997 young-adult science fiction novel by Catherine Jinks. It follows the story of Jansi who while scavenging in the desert comes across a damaged star ship which contains a computer that has the ability to project thought, expression and friendship.-Background:Eye to Eye was first...

 by Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks

Catherine Jinks is an Australian author. She has written more than 30 books for all ages, and has won many awards, including the Children's Book Council Of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the IBBY...

. During her life Bernard has travelled to many countries including Cuba where she was the first resident of New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 to be given a visa for Cuba.

Novels

The Trumpalar

• The Riddle of the Trumpalar (1981, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Judy Nunn
  Judy Nunn
  Judy Nunn is an Australian actress and author.-Acting career:Her breakout role was as the scheming bisexual reporter Vicky Stafford in the risque soap opera The Box. Her character became a popular cult figure in the series. Nunn continued in the role for the show's entire 1974–1977 run...
  
   and Fiona Waite
• Challenge of the Trumpalar (1986, as Judy Bernard-Waite) with Judy Nunn and Fiona Waite

The Outcast Trilogy

• The Outcast (1997)
• The Punisher (1997)
• The Rule Changer (1998)

Other novels

• We Are Tam (1983)
• Aida's Ghost (1988)
• Dream Door of Shinar (1992)
• Jacaranda Shadow (1993)
• Deadly Sister Love" aka "Ghost walking on water (1999, as P. Scot-Bernard)
• Bladers Rule (Another Blader Gang Book) (2001)

Short fiction

• "Spook Bus" (1997) in Shivers: A Real Corpse / Spook Bus (ed. Paul Collins
  Paul Collins (fantasy writer)
  Paul Collins is an Australian writer and editor who specializes in science fiction and fantasy.Collins has written many books for younger readers...
  
  )

Other works

• Sex is a Deadly Exercise (1987)
• Kangaroo Kids (1989)
• A Cut-Out Model of the Sydney Opera House (198?) with Marcelle Bernard
• Monkey Hill Gold (1992)
• Jacaranda Shadow (1993)
• The Outer Space Spy (1993)
• The You Can Do It! Little Book for Busy Students (1993)
• JB and the Worry Dolls (1994)
• Monster Builder (1996)
• Duffy: Everyone's Dog (1997) with Cathy Netherwood
• No Sooks on the Starship (1998) with Nick Buttfield
• The Rule Changer (1998)
• Jumping Dogs and Jellyfish (1999) with Gus Gordon
• The Pizza Caper (1999) with Gus Gordon
• Wolfman (1999) with Gus Gordon
  Gus Gordon
  Gus Gordon is a children's book illustrator and writer based in Sydney, Australia.Gordon has written and illustrated over 60 books for children....
  
  
• The Stolen Giant Cheesecake (2000)
• Bladers Rule, or, The Stolen Bag Lady (2001)
• Dolphin Magic (2001) with Meredith Costain
• Marucs the mighty (2001) with Penny Azar
• Cool Dude and Honey Magnet (2002)
• Fords and Flying Machines: The Diary of Jack McLaren (2003)
• Splash, Dash, Smash! (2004) with Meredith Costain
• Stegosaur Stone (2004)
• The Mask (2005)
• Claw of the Dragon: The Diary of Billy Shanghai Hamilton (2008)

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