Kierin Meehan
Kierin Meehan (born in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian children's book author, teacher and choreographer. Life. Meehan studied at the University of Queensland, where she received a degree in German and Japanese. She later obtained a graduate degree in performing arts (dance) from the Queensland University of Technology, and worked as a dance teacher and choreographer for ten years. Meehan also taught German and Japanese language lessons, and lived in Japan for one year. Writing career. Meehan began writing in Esashi, a town on the west coast of Hokkaidō, Japan, when she was asked to write a  monthly column for the town's magazine. To date, she has written three books: "Hannah's Winter" (2001), "Night Singing" (2003) and "In the Monkey Forest" (2005). "Hannah's Winter" was a notable book in the 2002 CBC Awards, and "Night Singing" and "In the Monkey Forest" both received the Patricia Wrightson Prize. Meehan also wrote a fourth novel, "Ten Rules for Detectives".