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Lynne Folkard

Lynne Folkard was born in South Australia in 1943 and spent her childhood living in various parts of outback Western Australia. Her family moved to the city and through her adolescent years she lived in suburban Perth. After leaving school she trained as a nurse, married and had three children. She has lived in Australia and in New Guinea.

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