B. A. BreenB. A. Breeni(A8982 works by)
(a.k.a.
Barry Breen; Barry Andrew Breen)
Born:Established:1938St Arnaud,St Arnaud area,North West Victoria,Victoria,;
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Breen has lived in St Arnaud, then Barwon Heads, Essendon, and Ballarat. He started writing poetry when he was thirteen years old. The Bad Deeds Gang is semi-autobiographical.
Breen is also the author of school readers and the compiler, with L. M. Hannan, q.v., of a number of poetry anthologies for schools.
For information about this author's works for children not included in AustLit, see Australian Children's Books by Marcie Muir and Kerry White (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1992-2004).
