Libby Gleeson
Libby Gleeson | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Young, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Author |
Spouse | Euan Tovey |
Children | 3 including Jessica Tovey[1] |
Website | www.libbygleeson.com.au |
Libby Gleeson AM (born 1950) is an Australian children's author.[2] Born in Young, New South Wales, she is one of six children, the sister of former ABC TV Washington Correspondent Michael Gleeson, and the mother of Home and Away actress Jessica Tovey and Sydney Morning Herald journalist Josephine Tovey. Her sister, Margie Gleeson, works as the head teacher of Creative and Performing Arts at Albury High School.
She studied at the University of Sydney where she took history before teaching for two years in the rural town of Picton near Sydney. In the mid-1970s she lived for five years in Italy where she taught English and then London, where she began to write her first novel, Eleanor Elizabeth. Once returned from overseas she taught at the University of Sydney.
In the last twenty years, she has written twenty books and taught occasional courses in creative writing.[3] She specialises in picture books, novels for young children and also novels for slightly older readers. She's also written scripts for the ABC's Bananas in Pyjamas and Magic Mountain. She is married to scientist Euan Tovey, has three adult daughters and lives in Sydney's inner west. She is currently a Fellow on the World Research, Advisory and Education Team of MindChamps with a focus on education.[4]
Picture books
- One Sunday Illustrated by John Winch
- Mum Goes to Work Illustrated by Penny Azar
- Where's Mum? Illustrated by Craig Smith
- Sleep Time Illustrated by Armin Greder
- Big Dog (1991) Illustrated by Armin Greder
- The Princess and the Perfect Dish (1995) Illustrated by Armin Greder
- The Great Bear (1999) Illustrated by Armin Greder
- An Ordinary Day (2001) Illustrated by Armin Greder
- Shutting the Chooks In (2003) Illustrated by Ann James
- Cuddle Time (2004) Illustrated by Julie Vivas
- Amy and Louis (2006) Illustrated by Freya Blackwood
- Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House (2009) Illustrated by Freya Blackwood
- A Simply Spectacular Hat (2009) Illustrated by Dee Texidor
Junior fiction
- Skating on Sand (1994) Illustrated by Ann James
- Hannah Plus One (1996) Illustrated by Ann James
- Queen of the Universe (1997) Illustrated by David Cox
- Hannah and the Tomorrow Room (1999) Illustrated by Ann James
- Dear Writer (2000) Illustrated by David Cox
- My Story: The Rum Rebellion, the diary of David Bellamy (2001)
- Hannah the Famous(2004) Illustrated by Ann James
- Ray's Olympics (2006) Illustrated by David Cox
- Happy Birthday X3 (2007) Illustrated by David Cox
- Clancy's Long Walk (2007) Illustrated by Chantal Stewart
- Red (2012)
Young adult fiction
- Eleanor, Elizabeth (1984)
- I am Susannah (1987)
- Dodger (1990)
- Love Me, Love Me Not (1993)
- Refuge (1998)
- Mahtab's Story (2008)
Awards
- 1991 Children's Peace Literature Award[5]
- 1997 Lady Cutler Award
- 1997 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers
- 2007 Member of the Order of Australia
- 2011 Dromkeen Medal
- 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards - Special Award
- 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Awards - children's fiction[6]
- 2015 Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers
Notes
- ^ "Papers of Libby Gleeson (1950 - )". National Library of Australia. July 1998. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ It's an Honour
- ^ "Small print". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Meet the New Faces on our MindChamps World Research, Advisory & Education Team". MindChamps. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Children's Peace Literature Award". AustLit. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award winners
External links
- Libby Gleeson website
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- Rummage by Christobel Mattingley (1982)
- Thing by Robin Klein (1983)
- Bernice Knows Best by Max Dann (1984)
- Something Special by Emily Rodda (1985)
- Arkwright by Mary Steele (1986)
- Pigs Might Fly by Emily Rodda (1987)
- My Place by Nadia Wheatley (1988)
- The Best-Kept Secret by Emily Rodda (1989)
- Pigs and Honey by Jeanie Adams (1990)
- Finders Keepers by Emily Rodda (1991)
- The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels by Anna Fienberg (1992)
- The Bamboo Flute by Garry Disher (1993)
- Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda (1994)
- Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr (1995)
- Swashbuckler by James Moloney (1996)
- Hannah Plus One by Libby Gleeson (1997)
- Someone Like Me by Elaine Forrestal (1998)
- My Girragunji by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor (1999)
- Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French (2000)
- Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd (2001)
- My Dog by John Heffernan (2002)
- Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson (2003)
- Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson (2004)
- The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett (2005)
- Helicopter Man by Elizabeth Fensham (2006)
- Being Bee by Catherine Bateson (2007)
- Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson (2008)
- Perry Angel's Suitcase by Glenda Millard (2009)
- Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool by Odo Hirsch (2010)
- The Red Wind by Isobelle Carmody (2011)
- Crow Country by Kate Constable (2012)
- The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett (2013)
- City Of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit by Catherine Jinks (2014)
- The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and the Present by Libby Gleeson (2015)
- Soon by Morris Gleitzman (2016)
- Rockhopping by Trace Balla (2017)
- How To Bee by Bren MacDibble (2018)
- His Name Was Winter by Emily Rodda (2019)
- The Little Wave by Pip Harry (2020)
- Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon (2021)
- A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr (2022)
- Runt by Craig Silvey (2023)
- Scar Town by Tristan Bancks (2024)
- Picture Book (1955–present)
- Early Childhood (2001–present)
- Older Readers (1946–present)
- Eve Pownall Award for Information Books (1988–present)