Clare Bradford is a professor of literary studies at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, where she teaches and researches mainly children s literature. Her 2001 book, "Reading Race: Aboriginality in Australian Children s Literature", won both the Children s Literature Association Book Award and the IRSCL Award of the International Research Society for Children s Literature. Clare Bradford s publications have appeared in "Canadian Children s Literature", "Children s Literature", "The Lion and the Unicorn", "Papers", and "The Children s Literature Association Quarterly".