Julia Blackburn is a British author of both fiction and non-fiction. She is the daughter of poet Thomas Blackburn and artist Rosalie de Meric. A "shield" between her parents, her father once apologised for hitting Blackburn when he intended to strike her mother, she had a greater fear of de Meric.

Julia Blackburn's bohemian upbringing is the subject of her memoir The Three of Us (2008).

Awards and honors

• 2011 Costa Book Awards
  2011 Costa Book Awards
  The shortlists were announced on 16 November 2011. The winners in each category will be announced in January 2012.-Children's Book:Winner:*TBDShortlist:*Martyn Bedford, Flip*Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Unforgotten Coat...
  
   (Biography), shortlist, Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain Village
• 1999 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Leper's Companions
• 1999 James Tait Black Memorial Prize
  James Tait Black Memorial Prize
  Founded in 1919, the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English language and are Britain's oldest literary awards...
  
   (Best Novel), nominee, The Leper's Companions
• 1996 Orange Prize, shortlist, The Book of Colour

Novels

• The Book of Colour (1995)
• The Leper's Companions (1999)
• My Animals and Other Family (2007)

Non fiction

• Charles Waterton, 1782–1865: Conservationist and Traveller (1991)
• Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines (1994)
• The Emperor's Last Island: Journey to St.Helena (2000)
• Old Man Goya (2002)
• With Billie (2005)
• The Three of Us: A Family Story (2008)
• Thin Paths: Journeys In and Around an Italian Mountain Village (2011)

External links

• Author's official website