name: Jackie French
birth_date: 1953-11-30 00:00:00
genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Children's
avg_rating: 4.06
ratings_count: 48521
about: Jackie is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator and the Australian Children’s Laureate for 2014-2015. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors, and writes across all genres - from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction. In her capacity as Australian Children’s Laureate, ‘Share a Story’ will be the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term.