Jackie French

About Jackie French

Known for her popular young adult novels To the Moon and Back and Hitler's Daughter, this Australian writer received the Children's Book of the Year/Eve Pownall Award for the former work and the Children's Book Council of Australia's annual award for the latter.

Jacqueline French is an Australian author, has written more than 140 books and won more than 60 national and international awards. She is considered one of Australia's most famous and award-winning children's authors, writing about a number of children's genres including photo books, history, fiction and fiction from history. She is also the author of books on ecology, gardening, pest control, kangaroos, other wild animals and chickens as well as adult novels. She also contributes regularly to newspapers and magazines across Australia including Australian Women's Week and Canberra Times. She also performed gardening segments on the Australian television series Burke's Backyard.

Notable works	Rain Stones, Somewhere Around the Corner, Hitler's Daughter, Diary of a Wombat, To the Moon and Back
Born	Jacqueline Anne French, November 29, 1953, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse	Bryan Sullivan
Occupation	Author
Genre	Juvenile fiction, historical fiction, gardening books

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Trivia

Her 2002 picture book Diary of a Wombat was designated an American Library Association Notable Children's Book.

Jackie French before fame

She wrote numerous nonfiction books about gardening before writing Rain Stones, her first piece of children's fiction.

Achievement of Jackie French

Her picture book Diary of a Wombat was named a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association in 2002.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jackie French family life

She spent much of her childhood in Brisbane, Australia. She and her husband, Bryan Sullivan, eventually moved in the Araluen Valley in Australia.

Associations of Jackie French

She and Alison Lester, a contemporary and fellow children's book author, were both honored by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

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