Born: Established: 1964 ;
Gender:
Female
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
On the Web
- The Chook House : A Writer's Journal Sighted: 14/06/2013
Awards for Works
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I Swallowed a Horse
2008
(Manuscript version)x402026
Z1526338
2008
single work
novel
young adult
'I Swallowed A Horse is Echo's story. Life is pretty good, as far as being a fifteen-year-old goes. Cool clothes, cool friends, cool ring tones. Sure, her mother is pregnant to her teacher, but Echo can cope with that. A seizure, though, changes everything. Diagnosed with epilepsy Echo's popularity plummets. She has to learn how to cope with her illness, and learn what is really important in life.' (Text Publishing)
- 2008 shortlisted Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
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y
Undertow
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2001
Z796143
2001
single work
novel
'Cat (short for Catrina) narrates this intensely pleasurable novel of strength, humour and warmth. She has one mother, one father, one sister and one dog. Moving seamlessly in time between the late seventies and the nineties, Cat tells of her family, their griefs and secrets and their amazing, wonderful times. And particularly of one family holiday that changed everything.
'Undertow is about infidelity, dependence, sorrow, and finding the parts of ourselves that make us whole.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
- 2001 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction
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