Brigid Lowry is the author of award-winning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. She is well-known in Australia, where Guitar Highway Rose was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. She spent much of her life in Australia but now lives in New Zealand, where she was born and raised.
"Lowry's Australian lingo, lyrical descriptions, likeable characters, and creative format are sure to be an instant hit with teens." --Kirkus "This Australian import has a delightful tranquility that persists all the way to a realistic, satisfying ending. An unassuming, charming book." --Booklist "Lowry describes Australian land- and seascape in colorful detail. Her prose is crisply observant in some places, stream-of-consciousness in others, and full of British/Aussie humor and one-liners. This is a romantic, entertaining, and thoughtful novel." --School Library Journal "[An] artfully constructed novel...readers will likely be captivated by Lowry's playful narrative style, and they will easily empathize with most of the characters, from the free-spirited protagonists to the parents who worry over them." --Publishers Weekly "A quirky kaleidoscope of skilled writing...[a] special book." --Voya
"Lowry's Australian lingo, lyrical descriptions, likeable characters, and creative format are sure to be an instant hit with teens." --Kirkus "This Australian import has a delightful tranquility that persists all the way to a realistic, satisfying ending. An unassuming, charming book." --Booklist "Lowry describes Australian land- and seascape in colorful detail. Her prose is crisply observant in some places, stream-of-consciousness in others, and full of British/Aussie humor and one-liners. This is a romantic, entertaining, and thoughtful novel." --School Library Journal "[An] artfully constructed novel...readers will likely be captivated by Lowry's playful narrative style, and they will easily empathize with most of the characters, from the free-spirited protagonists to the parents who worry over them." --Publishers Weekly "A quirky kaleidoscope of skilled writing...[a] special book." --Voya
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