Anne Morgan (author)
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Anne Morgan is an Australia
n children's author
Born in Hobart
, Tasmania
, she has taught in remote locations in the Northern Territory. In 1978 she toured outback Queensland schools as an actor with the Queensland Theatre Company.
She holds a PhD in Writing from Edith Cowan University
and a Master of Education degree from the University of Tasmania
.
Her first children’s picture book, The Glow Worm Cave, was published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 1999. Since then she has published five more stories for children, including the Captain Clawbeak
series, published by Random House Australia.
Her first full-length poetry collection, A Reckless Descent from Eternity, was published by Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, in 2009.
She currently lives in Tasmania.
Anne Morgan has also been highly commended in the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, 2006, and the Wildcare Tasmania international Nature Writing Award, 2009.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n children's author
Biography
Anne Morgan (born 16 November 1954) is an Australian writer of children’s books and poetry.Born in Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, she has taught in remote locations in the Northern Territory. In 1978 she toured outback Queensland schools as an actor with the Queensland Theatre Company.
She holds a PhD in Writing from Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....
and a Master of Education degree from the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
.
Her first children’s picture book, The Glow Worm Cave, was published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 1999. Since then she has published five more stories for children, including the Captain Clawbeak
Captain Clawbeak
Captain Clawbeak is an Australian children's book series written by Anne Morgan and published by Random House Australia. It is an adventure series featuring the adventures of Clawbeak, a loud-mouthed, salty macaw from the pirate ship, Red Herring....
series, published by Random House Australia.
Her first full-length poetry collection, A Reckless Descent from Eternity, was published by Ginninderra Press, Port Adelaide, in 2009.
She currently lives in Tasmania.
Awards
- The Edith Cowan University Faculty of Education and the Arts Postgraduate Research Medal, 2009.
- The S.A.E. Strom Maritime Short Story Award, sponsored by the Shiplovers’ Society of Victoria, 2001.
- The Banjo Paterson Open Poetry Prize, sponsored by the Orange Arts Council 1999.
- Captain Clawbeak and the Red Herring was featured in the NSW School Magazine’s Bookshelf of Forty Excellent Books, 2007.
Anne Morgan has also been highly commended in the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, 2006, and the Wildcare Tasmania international Nature Writing Award, 2009.
Publications
- The Glow Worm Cave, 1999
- The Crown and Gown, 2002
- Warts ‘n’ All, 2003
- Captain Clawbeak and the Red Herring, 2006
- Captain Clawbeak the One and Only, 2007
- Captain Clawbeak and the Ghostly Galleon, 2007
- A Reckless Descent from Eternity, 2009