A stunning illustrated storybook for the girls of New Zealand with a powerful can-do message!
Barbara Else is a writer and editor, born in Invercargill. She has
lived in Wellington, Auckland, Oamaru, Christchurch, Dunedin and
San Diego. At school she became a bookworm, head always in a novel,
a Superman comic or an encyclopaedia. She was very shy except when
she wrote plays for her class to perform. Barbara wanted to be an
actor or perhaps a radio journalist. At university she studied
English Literature and History.
She was surprised to begin writing her own stories but what fun it
was! She's published many novels for adults and children, and has
edited several story collections for children.
She has won Fellowships and prizes and is a Member of the New
Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. She also has the
Margaret Mahy Medal for children's literature. She can still be shy
but gets a kick from a bit of stage fright.
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