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Australian children's writers

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Thomas Keneally
Australian novelist
Markus Zusak
Australian author
Tim Minchin
British-Australian comedian, actor and musician (born 1975)
Ellyse Perry
Born 1990, Australian sportswoman
Shaun Tan
Australian illustrator, writer, and animated filmmaker (born 1974)
Garth Nix
Australian fantasy writer
Liane Moriarty
Australian author
James Aldridge
Australian-British writer, journalist
Tim Winton
Australian novelist, short story writer, children's writer and screenwriter (born 1960)
Matthew Nable
Australian rugby league footballer, and actor
Patricia Wrightson
Australian children's writer (1921–2010)
Ruth Park
New Zealand-born Australian writer (1917–2010)
Ethel Turner
Australian writer (1872–1958)
Randa Abdel-Fattah
contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
John Marsden
Australian writer (1950–2024)
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Australian artist (1879-1969)
Jennifer Rowe
Australian fiction writer, for children as Emily Rodda (pseudonym), mystery for adults as Jennifer Rowe (real name)
May Gibbs
Australian author and illustrator (1877–1969)
Sonya Hartnett
Australian writer
Ivan Southall
Australian children's writer (1921–2008)
Margo Lanagan
Australian writer
Robert Ingpen
Australian artist and children's illustrator (born 1936)
Andy Griffiths
Australian children's author
Colin Thiele
Australian author (1920–2006)
Rove McManus
Australian comedian and television host
Ethel Pedley
Australian writer
Morris Gleitzman
Australian writer
Carole Wilkinson
Australian writer, of children's fiction mainly
Jaclyn Moriarty
Australian writer
Nan Chauncy
English-Australian children's writer (1900-1970)
Ian Irvine
Australian writer
Elyne Mitchell
Australian writer
Jackie French
Australian author
John Lang
Australian lawyer and novelist (1816-1864)
Bradley Trevor Greive
Australian writer
Margaret Wild
Australian children's writer
Anh Do
Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor and comedian
Gaye Dell
Australian artist and hurdler
Ursula Dubosarsky
Australian writer
Dorothy Wall
New Zealand writer (1894-1942)
Carmel Charles
writer, Last fluent speaker of Nyulnyul (1912–1999)
Ronald McCuaig
Australian journalist, literary critic, and children's writer
Rosa Campbell Praed
Australian novelist
Andrew Hansen
Australian comedian, actor and musician (born 1974)
Mary Grant Bruce
Australian children's writer; journalist
Mem Fox
Australian academic and children's writer known for picture books
Aaron Blabey
Australian author of children's books
Shirley Barber
English author (1935–2023)
Di Morrissey
Australian writer
Michael Gerard Bauer
Australian children's writer
Paul Jennings
Australian author
Lucy Christopher
author
Irena Sibley
writer and illustrator (1943-2009)