R. A. Spratt R. A. Spratt i(A121086 works by) (a.k.a. Rachel Spratt)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Script-writer specialising in television comedy and children's animation.

Rachel Spratt began work as a script-writer in the mid-1990s, working as a writer on a succession of scripted comedy programs, including Good News Week (1996), Good News Weekend (1998), GNW Night Lite (1999), and BackBerner (1999). By 1999, she had begun writing for animated programs, but continued to write for scripted comedy series, including spoof lifestyle program Life Support (2001-2003), David Tench Tonight (2006, co-written with Andrew Denton), Comedy Inc. (2004-2007), and Double Take (2009).

In 1999, Spratt became a writer on the Yoram Gross series Flipper & Lopaka, an animated series that paired the titular dolphin with a young Polynesian boy, and set them against everything from a power-hungry octopus to mystical tridents. She followed this with scripts for a succession of other children's series (mostly animated), including Bambaloo (2003), New MacDonald's Farm (2004), Raggs (2007), I Got a Rocket! (2006-2007, based on the book by Dean Gorissen and Matt Zurbo), Erky Perky (2008), Gasp! (2008, based on the books by Terry Denton), Pearlie (2009, based on the books by Wendy Harmer), and CJ the DJ (2009).

Among her awards for television is an AWGIE Award for Children's Television (for an episode of Gasp!).

Spratt is also an award-winning author of children's books.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Undercover Melbourne : Puffin , 2022 23428762 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'Trouble on the Arctic tundra!

'Friday is not running away. Yes, she did get on a train to Norway without telling anyone where she was going - but she had to help Binky. He may or may not have been attacked by a polar bear. Now he's facing court martial for dereliction of duty. Obviously, Friday had to drop everything and travel 3000 kilometres to solve the case.

'The fact that it's easier to handle her feelings for Ian Wainscott if there's a continent between them is just a coincidence. When Friday arrives in Oslo, there are so many mysteries to solve. Is someone trying to keep Binky and Princess Ingrid apart? How can a painting leave a museum when all the doors are sealed? And will Melanie persuade Friday to go to the royal ball without wearing a brown cardigan?

'If Friday survives her trip to the remote Global Seed Vault, we may find out.' (Publication summary)
2023 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon Shockingly Good Stories Melbourne : Puffin , 2021 21539696 2021 selected work short story children's fable

'Piranhas on the run, stolen sandwiches, chocolate waterfalls and so much more!

'From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes, comes this collection of twenty short stories perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings.

'Featuring fractured fairytales told by none other than Nanny Piggins, previously unpublished Friday Barnes mysteries and a bunch of other hilarious and highly original tall tales.

'This book will delight kids from seven to seventy, whether they’re after a bedtime story, entertainment for a long car ride or distraction in the doctor’s waiting room!' (Publication summary)
2024 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Older Readers
y separately published work icon Bedtime Stories Australia : R. A. Spratt , 2020- 27238648 2020 series - author podcast short story children's

'I have created this podcast of bedtime stories. But really they’re stories for any time of day. And they’re all read by me in my weird Australian (and sometimes a little English) accent. There are Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes short stories, as well as other short stories I’ve made up.'

Source: Author's website.
2023 finalist Australian Podcast Awards — Family and Kids
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