Dianne Wolfer
Dianne Wolfer (born 1961)[1] is an award-winning Australian children's author who lives on the south coast of Western Australia.
Her title Lighthouse Girl won the 2010 West Australian Young Readers’ Award for Picture Books,[2] and was shortlisted for the 2009 New South Wales Premier's History Awards. It is based on the true story of Fay Howe, daughter of the Breaksea Island lighthouse keeper, who relayed messages for the departing ANZAC troops in 1914. Lighthouse Girl was part inspiration for the Royal de Luxe The Giants story at the 2015 Perth International Arts Festival.
Partner title,Light Horse Boy won the Children's Book Category of the 2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, was shortlisted and awarded Honour Book for the 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
Dianne's first picture book Photographs in the Mud was inspired by a research trip along the Kokoda Track and is used as a reference for international workshops promoting peaceful 'Discourse Analysis'. It was recently published in Japanese.
Her second picture book Granny Grommet and Me was shortlisted for the 2014 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.
From 2006-2012 Dianne was the Western Australian Advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).[3] Her most recent books include "Annie's Snails", "Granny Grommet and Me" as well as "Light Horse Boy", which was a sequel to "Lighthouse Girl".
Books
- Annie's Snails) (2014) [4]
- Granny Grommet and Me (2013)
- Light Horse Boy (2013) [5]
- Lighthouse Girl (2009)
- The Kid Whose Mum Kept Possums in Her Bra (2006)
- Photographs in the Mud (2005)
- Horse Mad (2005)
- Scuba Kid (2004)
- Iron Kid (2003)
- Being Billy (2003)
- Jungle Trek (2003)
- Butterfly Notes (2002)
- Choices (2001)
- Being Billy (2003)
- Jungle Trek (2003)
- Border Line (1998)[6]
- Dolphin Song (1995) [7]
References
- ^ "Dianne Wolfer (1961–) Biography - Personal, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Work in Progress, Sidelights". JRank.org
- ^ Past Winners, Picture Books, 2010. West Australian Young Readers’ Award.
- ^ "Authors » Dianne Wolfer". Fremantle Press
- ^ Wolfer, Dianne; Evans, Gabriel, 1991-, (illustrator.) (2014), Annie's snails, Newtown, NSW Walker Books Australia, ISBN 978-1-921720-63-5
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wolfer, Dianne; Simmonds, Brian, 1938-, (illustrator.) (2013), Light horse boy, Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle Press, ISBN 978-1-922089-13-7
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wolfer, Dianne (1998), Border line, South Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 978-1-86368-208-4
- ^ Wolfer, Dianne (1995), Dolphin song, Fremantle Arts Centre Press, ISBN 978-1-86368-096-7
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