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Michelle Gillespie
Inspired by historical accounts of the wreck of the Georgette, Michelle Gillespie wrote Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck when she was just nineteen. Michelle now lives in Canberra where she is a communications professional in the public service.
Awards
Shortlisted, Western Australian Young Readers Award, 2012
Notable Book, Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Books, 2012
Books available from Fremantle Press
From the Catalogue
Waarda series for young readers: Lilli and her Shadow
by Laura Dudgeon & Pat Dudgeon with illustrations by Tracey Gibbs & Sally Morgan edited by Sally Morgan
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