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Patricia Wrightson

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Gender Female
Death14 years ago
Date of birth June 19,1921
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Lismore
Australia
Date of died March 15,2010
DiedLismore
Australia
Job Novelist
Book editor
Awards Dromkeen Medal
Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing
Notabl awardHans Christian Andersen Award for Writing; 1988; Order of the British Empire
GenresChildren's Literature
Folklore
Magic Realism
Movies/Shows I Own the Racecourse
Nominations Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
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Date of Upd.
ID505350

The Nargun and the Stars
The Ice is Coming
A Little Fear
Behind the Wind
The Crooked Snake
The Dark Bright Water
An Older Kind of Magic
The Rocks of Honey
Sugar-Gum Tree
Balyet
A racecourse for Andy
Moon-dark
The Water Dragons
The Bunyip Hole
Night Outside
Rattler's place
The feather star
Shadows of Time
The Song of Wirrun
Beneath the Sun: An Australian Collection for Children
Down to Earth
Las Peleas De Ines Y Paula
Great Bites for Girls
Great Aussie Bites: Volume 4
The Haunted Rivers
Brilliant Bites for Boys
Old, Old Ngarang
The Bunyip Hole ; The Rocks of Honey
The Wrightson List
A Wisp of Smoke
Luna Nueva/ Moon-Dark
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Patricia Wrightson OBE was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a 'magic realism' style, her books, including the award-winning The Nargun and the Stars, were among the first Australian books for children to draw on Australian Aboriginal mythology.

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