WRIGHTSON, Patricia

Patricia Wrightson is one of Australia’s most distinguished writers for children.  Since her first novel The Crooked Snake was published, she has won many prestigious international awards including an OBE, the Dromkeen Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, all for her services to children’s literature.  Many of her books have been short-listed for the Australian Children’s Book of the Year Award which she has won four times for The Crooked Snake, The Nargun and the Stars, The Ice Is Coming and A Little Fear. Patricia’s latest books include the Aussie Bites Rattler’s Place, The Sugar Gum Tree and The Water-Dragons. The Nargun and the Stars was re-released by UQP as part of their Australian Classics series in 2008.