Allison Rushby Allison Rushby i(A41478 works by)
Also writes as: Alli Kincaid
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Allison Rushby studied Russian and Journalism at the University of Queensland and then completed a Graduate Diploma of Editing and Publishing at the University of Southern Queensland. She has worked as a freelance journalist and as a freelance editor. Allison writes children's and young adult literature, and has won several awards including the Davitt Award for Best Children's Crime Novel, 2018. She is the daughter of Pamela Rushby.

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y separately published work icon Miss Penny Dreadful and the Malicious Maze Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2023 26375092 2023 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction

'The second book in a mystical and adventurous junior fiction series from acclaimed author Allison Rushby.

'From the moment Penny steps into her family's Hyde Park Square townhouse, she can sense something dreadful has happened. This is confirmed when she discovers her parents' laboratory in terrible disarray. Before she can find out any more, Penny is whisked away with her authoress aunt to Harewood Hall in the countryside, where a malicious maze is rumoured to be gobbling up servants. Miss Penny Dreadful has yet another mystery to solve. And nothing, absolutely nothing, is as it seems!' (Publication summary)

2024 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon The Ghost Locket Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2022 23605732 2022 single work children's fiction children's horror mystery

'A captivating supernatural mystery set in a house haunted by secrets from the past.

'Eleven-year-old Lolli must return to London and break a promise she made to herself — to never again enter the house in Spitalfields, an historic building managed by her family.

'There, Lolli must face up to what she saw in the house several years ago and make things right for two ghosts, one friendly and one decidedly not, and open her heart to people in both the living and twilight worlds.' (Publication summary)

2023 longlisted Davitt Award Best Children's Novel
y separately published work icon When This Bell Rings Melbourne : Walker Books Australia , 2020 19704417 2020 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'This story within a story within a story celebrates the creative art of storytelling. In London's Belgravia, Tamsin lives next door to Edie St Clair, famous author of the ‘London of the Bells' series of graphic novels. With the series' tenth and final novel overdue, Tamsin offers her idol help and discovers that Edie can literally draw herself into her stories. When Edie goes missing, Tamsin draws herself into the novel and lands in a world of unexpected danger. The stakes couldn't be higher in this gripping adventure.' (Publication summary)

2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Younger Readers
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