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Libby Gleeson

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born

Australia

gender

female

website

http://www.libbygleeson.com.au/

genre

Children's Books

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"I was born in Young, a small town in south western NSW in 1950. After a few years we moved to Glen Innes, on the northern tablelands and then when I was ten we moved out west to Dubbo. We moved because my father was a schoolteacher and each change meant a promotion for him.

There were six children in the family. I was number three and there wasn't a lot of money. We didn't have television and of course there was no such thing as a computer.

Books and reading were hugely important. I remember going to the library on a Saturday morning and borrowing five or six books and reading them all by Sunday night.

When I finished High School I studied at the University of Sydney. I had a great time studying mainly history but also getting involved in lot...more "I was born in Young, a small town in south western NSW in 1950. After a few years we moved to Glen Innes, on the northern tablelands and then when I was ten we moved out west to Dubbo. We moved because my father was a schoolteacher and each change meant a promotion for him.

There were six children in the family. I was number three and there wasn't a lot of money. We didn't have television and of course there was no such thing as a computer.

Books and reading were hugely important. I remember going to the library on a Saturday morning and borrowing five or six books and reading them all by Sunday night.

When I finished High School I studied at the University of Sydney. I had a great time studying mainly history but also getting involved in lots of things happening at the University and the city. It was the time of the anti-Vietnam war protests and the rise of the Women's Movement.

I taught for two years in a small town, Picton, which is just outside of Sydney. I really enjoyed that time but I wanted to travel and in 1976 I headed off for five years. I based myself first in Italy where I taught English and then in London where I started writing my first novel, Eleanor, Elizabeth. I attended a creative writing group where the other students pushed me to write a better book. In London I also met my husband. We came back to Sydney in 1980. We've got three daughters.

When we first came back I taught at the University of NSW but now I write full-time. I've written thirty books and I've also taught occasional courses in creative writing and I've visited lots of schools to talk about my work.

I write picture books, novels for young kids and also novels for slightly older readers. I've done a book about writing and also a small amount of writing for television: Bananas in Pyjamas and Magic Mountain.

The writer's life is pretty good. It's a job where you work for yourself, in your daggy track suit, at times that suit you. What more could you ask for?"

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Average rating: 3.68 · 315 ratings · 87 reviews · 35 distinct works

	Clancy and Millie and the Very Fine House by Libby Gleeson, Freya Blackwood 3.77 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Half A World Away by Libby Gleeson, Freya Blackwood (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Mahtab's Story 3.47 avg rating — 43 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Great Bear by Libby Gleeson, Armin Greder (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	I Am Thomas by Libby Gleeson, Armin Greder (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Cuddle Time by Libby Gleeson, Julie Vivas (Illustrator) 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Eleanor, Elizabeth 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Look, a Book! by Libby Gleeson, Freya Blackwood (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Dodger 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Red 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	My rating: