Belinda Jeffrey Belinda Jeffrey i(A122173 works by)
Born: Established: South Australia, ;
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Belinda Jeffrey is a Brisbane-based writer. She was a primary-school teacher before leaving to raise her children and concentrate on her writing. Her first literary success was the selection of her short story The Hallelujah Roof for One Book Many Brisbanes in 2007, followed by the publication of her first novel, Brown Skin Blue.

Source: http://belindajeffrey.com/

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y separately published work icon Big River, Little Fish St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2010 Z1727022 2010 single work novel young adult

'From the moment Tom Downs was born backwards - the moment of his mother's death - time has held him the wrong way round, like he's caught inside a fractured story. But the thing about Tom's town flooding, and the thing that takes him by surprise is not what Old Mother Murray takes away, but who she brings back.' (From the publisher's website.)
2011 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Young Adult Book
2011 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
y separately published work icon Brown Skin Blue St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 2009 Z1573969 2009 single work novel young adult

'My mum's skin is white, my skin is brown and I have a blue birthmark.

'Two secrets rule my life. One is something I need to know and the other is something I need to forget. They won't let me go. Some people say you can't death roll with a beast that has already survived a million years and live to tell the story.' (From the publisher's website.)
2009 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Young Adults
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