Dianne Wolfer

Dianne Wolfer is author of twelve books for teenagers and younger readers. Her latest title Lighthouse Girl was shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s History Awards. It is based on the true story of Fay Howe, daughter of the Breaksea Island lighthouse keeper, who relayed messages for the departing ANZAC troops in 1914. Dianne enjoys combining her love of history with writing fiction. Her picture book, Photographs in the Mud was inspired by a research trip along the Kokoda Track and is used as a reference for international workshops promoting peaceful ‘discourse analysis’. It was recently published in Japanese. Dianne is the Western Australian Advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She lives on the south coast of WA, loves travelling and has spent much of her life overseas.

Awards

Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 1996
Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award, 1999
Short listed, Wilderness Society’s Environment Award, 1999
Short listed, Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature, 2001
Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 2002
Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 2006
Short listed, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 2007
Short listed, West Australian Premier’s Awards, 2009
Short listed, NSW Premier’s History Awards, 2009
Winner, West Australian Young Readers’ Award, 2010

Books available from Fremantle Press

• Lighthouse Girl paperback edition 2010
• Choices eBook 2009
• Photographs in the Mud 2007, 2005
• Horse Mad 2005
• Horse Mad eBook 2005
• Choices 2001
• Border Line 1998, 2003
• Border Line eBook 1998

Other Books by this Author

1. The kid whose Mum kept possums in her bra

Website

• www.diannewolfer.com