![]() ![]() ![]() Other stories in the multi-adapted WW1 'Light' series are the award-winning 'Lighthouse Girl' and 'Light Horse Boy'.ĭianne's book, 'Light Horse Boy' won the WA Premier's Award as well as CBCA Honour book. This underwater fantasy novel links to both the ancient practise of calling sharks as well as modern-day environmental concerns.ĭianne's picture book, 'Nanna's Button Tin' is published in the US by Candlewick. Another title with unusual animal perspectives, 'The Shark Caller' is set in Papua New Guinea. In addition to her general website, Dianne posts about animal characters at 'The Dog with Seven Names' is written anthropomorphically and explores Australian WW2 history from the perspective of a small dog in north-west WA. Other recent titles include: 'The Last Light Horse', a CBCA Notable Book now adapted for CineStage by Theatre 180 'Mia' (Allen and Unwin's award-winning Through my Eyes series) and an Aussie STEM Stars title about Skye Blackburn-Lang, Australia's first farmer of edible insects.ĭianne's doctoral research into anthropomorphism and animal characters in children's literature was selected as a Board of the Graduate Research School Dean's List Winner in 2017, and led to two books, 'The Dog with Seven Names' (winner of the 2019 Speech Pathology Awards, CBCA Notable, shortlisted for the NSW Premiers Literary Awards and published in China) and 'The Shark Caller' (CBCA Notable and optioned for film). ![]() Her latest novel 'Scout and the Rescue Dogs' celebrates truckies and rescue dogs, and links to the catastrophic Black Summer bushfires. She is author of 25 books with more titles on the way. Dianne lives on the south coast of Western Australia. ![]()
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