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A.J. Betts
A.J. Betts grew up in Innisfail, far north Queensland. She studied education in Brisbane, where she taught for a number of years before moving to the UK. After years of travelling, A.J. found herself in Perth and decided to finish the novel that was hounding her. ShutterSpeed was published by Fremantle Press in 2008, followed by Wavelength in 2010. A.J. has been a teacher and poet for over thirteen years. She writes when she’s not pedalling.
Awards
Shortlisted, Western Australian Premier’s Awards, 2010
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Wavelength 2010
- Wavelength ebook 2010
- ShutterSpeed ebook 2008
Website
From the Catalogue
Brush with Gondwana
by Janda Gooding with illustrations by Philippa Nikulinsky, Ellen Hickman, Katrina Syme, Pat Dundas, Penny Leech, Margaret Pieroni & Rica Erickson
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things