Li Cunxin AO was born in 1961 in the Li Commune, near the city of Qingdao on the coast of north-east China. The sixth of seven sons in a poor rural family, Li's peasant life in Chairman Mao's communist China changed dramatically when, at the age of …
View Books by Li CunxinIrena Kobold has been a teacher and writer in the Northern Territory. She has a Master’s degree in Russian…
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Freya Blackwood was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Orange in NSW, Australia where she now lives with her daughter Ivy. After graduating from UTS in Visual Communications, Freya worked in the film industry as a production assistant, runner and …
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Graeme Base is one of the world's leading creators of picture books. His alphabet book Animalia, received international acclaim when it was first published in 1986, and has achieved classic status with worldwide sales approaching three million …
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Aaron Blabey has won a CBCA (Children's Book Council of Australia) Book of the Year and an AFI Award, and his book The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon won the Patricia Wrightson Award in the 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and also won a Children's …
View Books by Aaron BlabeyGail Jorgensen is a children's book writer and primary teacher from South Australia. She has written a number of books including Crocodile Beat (1987), Gotcha! (1995), Beware! (1988), On a Dark and Scary Night (1988), and Bubble Gum (1988…
View Books by Gail JorgensenPatricia Mullins is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator. She also specialises in the restoration and conservation of carousel horses and rocking horses. She won the CBCA Picture Book of the Year in 1982 and the Dromkeen Medal…
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Penny Matthews is a freelance writer and editor based in Adelaide. She has written YA and junior novels, chapter books for beginning readers, and picture books for all age groups. Her picture books include Pudding and Chips (a CBCA Notable Book in …
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Andrew McLean grew up in the Victorian country town of Bairnsdale. He trained as a painter and teacher, and taught in secondary schools before becoming a lecturer in painting and drawing at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has been a full-time …
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Born in Western Australia, artist and illustrator Rebecca Cool lives on a rural property on the Margaret River, WA with her partner. Rebecca has studied at the Claremont School of Fine Art and has had her work shown at a number of exhibitions. …
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